Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

रामराज्ये तदा लोका हर्षनिर्भरमा नसाः । बभूवुर्धनधान्याढ्याः पुत्रपौत्रयुता नराः

Transliteration

rāmarājye tadā lokā harṣanirbharamā nasāḥ | babhūvurdhanadhānyāḍhyāḥ putrapautrayutā narāḥ

Translation

في مُلك راما فاضت قلوب الناس فرحًا. وصار الرجال أغنياء بالمال والحبوب، مُنعمين بالأبناء والأحفاد.

Word by Word

• राम-राज्ये: in Rāma’s reign
• राम-राज्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (रामस्य राज्ये)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• लोकाः: people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हर्ष-निर्भर-मानसाः: whose minds were full of joy
• हर्ष-निर्भर-मानसाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्भर (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (हर्षेण निर्भरं मानसं येषाम्)

• बभूवुः: became/were
• बभूवुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• धन-धान्य-आढ्याः: rich in wealth and grain
• धन-धान्य-आढ्याः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (धन + धान्य) इति द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद, ततः आढ्य-विशेषण (समाससमूह)

• पुत्र-पौत्र-युताः: endowed with sons and grandsons
• पुत्र-पौत्र-युताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-क्त from युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (पुत्रैः पौत्रैश्च युताः)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘golden age’ tableau: content citizens, full granaries, families with children and elders, orderly markets, calm streets under Rāma’s just rule.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• People (lokāḥ)
• Rāmarājya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective well-being is portrayed as the fruit of dharmic governance—joy, prosperity, and stable family life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse praises the condition of society under righteous kingship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.