Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

स्थापितो रामदेवेन सेयं लंका महापुरी । नियमस्थैः साधुवृंदैस्तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः

Transliteration

sthāpito rāmadevena seyaṃ laṃkā mahāpurī | niyamasthaiḥ sādhuvṛṃdaistīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ

Translation

Đại thành Laṅkā này do Đức Rāma thiết lập; và trong dịp hành hương các thánh địa, hội chúng sādhus kiên trì giới hạnh đến chiêm bái và tôn kính.

Word by Word

• sthāpitaḥ: was established
• sthāpitaḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धाातु) + ṇic (णिजन्त) → sthāpaya + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective)

• rāmadevena: by Rāma-deva (Lord Rāma)
• rāmadevena: Karana/Karta (Agent-instrument/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-deva (प्रातिपदिक; राम + देव)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• sā: that
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iyam: this
• iyam: Apposition (Co-referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• laṅkā: Laṅkā
• laṅkā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahāpurī: the great city
• mahāpurī: Apposition (Co-referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-purī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पुरी)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (apposition to laṅkā)

• niyamasthaiḥ: by those abiding in discipline
• niyamasthaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyama-stha (प्रातिपदिक; नियम + स्थ)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sādhuvṛndaiḥ: by groups of holy men
• sādhuvṛndaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu-vṛnda (प्रातिपदिक; साधु + वृन्द)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन

• tīrthayātrā-prasaṅgataḥ: due to the occasion of pilgrimage
• tīrthayātrā-prasaṅgataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + यात्रा + प्रसङ्ग)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/निमित्ते (ablative of cause: due to)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā Mahāpurī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma consecrates/establishes Laṅkā as a great city; later, lines of sādhus with staffs and waterpots arrive by sea-route, maintaining vows, offering salutations at key shrines and city gates.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Laṅkā
• Sādhus
• Tīrtha-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places gain enduring sanctity through divine association and are continually renewed by disciplined pilgrims and saintly company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā is framed within a tīrtha-yātrā discourse, connected to Rāma’s dhārmic authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit encouragement of tīrtha-yātrā undertaken with niyama (vowed discipline) and sādhu-saṅga.