Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

वानरैस्तैः समोपेतो विभीषणपुरःसरः । ततः संस्थापयामास सेतुप्रांते महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

vānaraistaiḥ samopeto vibhīṣaṇapuraḥsaraḥ | tataḥ saṃsthāpayāmāsa setuprāṃte maheśvaram

Translation

他在众婆那罗随行、毗毗沙那领前之下，于塞图尽头安立大自在天（摩醯湿伐罗）。

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.