Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

वानरैस्तैः समोपेतो विभीषणपुरःसरः । ततः संस्थापयामास सेतुप्रांते महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

vānaraistaiḥ samopeto vibhīṣaṇapuraḥsaraḥ | tataḥ saṃsthāpayāmāsa setuprāṃte maheśvaram

Translation

اُن وानروں کے ہمراہ، اور وِبھیشَن کو پیش رو رکھ کر، اُس نے پھر سیتو کے کنارے پر مہیشور کی پرتیِشٹھا (نصب) کی۔

Word by Word

• वानरैः: by/with the monkeys
• वानरैः: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/Associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तैः: those
• तैः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘वानरैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• समोपेतः: accompanied, attended
• समोपेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप√इ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘accompanied/attended’

• विभीषणपुरःसरः: with Vibhīṣaṇa in front/leading
• विभीषणपुरःसरः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘विभीषणः पुरःसरः यस्य’ (having Vibhīṣaṇa as the leader/one who goes in front)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• संस्थापयामास: he established, caused to be set up
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• सेतुप्रान्ते: at the end of the bridge
• सेतुप्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘सेतोः प्रान्तः’ (at the end of the bridge)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha / Setu-prānta Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sea’s edge by the Setu, Rāma performs Śiva-pratiṣṭhā; Vibhīṣaṇa stands reverently in front; vānaras form a protective semicircle; the liṅga is being set on a sanctified platform with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Setu (Setubandha)
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Vānaras
• Śrī Rāma (implied agent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is sanctified by worship: the journey’s endpoint becomes a dharma-center when Śiva is स्थापित and honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setubandha (Rāma-setu) and the Rāmeśvara region—Śiva established at the Setu’s edge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation/establishment) of Maheśvara/Śiva-liṅga at the tīrtha location.