Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हनुमानप्ययोध्यायां रामं द्रष्टुमथागमत् । चकार कुशलप्रश्नं स्वस्वरूपं न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

hanumānapyayodhyāyāṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭumathāgamat | cakāra kuśalapraśnaṃ svasvarūpaṃ nyavedayat

Translation

Auch Hanumān kam nach Ayodhyā, um Rāma zu schauen. Er erkundigte sich nach seinem Wohlergehen und offenbarte dann seine eigene Identität und wahre Natur.

Word by Word

• हनुमान्: Hanumān
• हनुमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also’

• अयोध्यायाम्: in Ayodhyā
• अयोध्यायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त/infinitive)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थक-उद्देश्य (purpose)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• अगमत्: went/came
• अगमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चकार: made/did
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कुशलप्रश्नम्: a welfare-inquiry
• कुशलप्रश्नम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुशलस्य प्रश्नः)

• स्वस्वरूपम्: his own identity/form
• स्वस्वरूपम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य स्वरूपम्)

• न्यवेदयत्: informed/announced
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: नि-

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān arrives in Ayodhyā, bows before Śrī Rāma, asks after his welfare, and reveals his identity with folded hands; courtly yet intimate devotional atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional relationship is renewed through darśana (meeting) and humble inquiry; true identity is offered in service to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it introduces the Rāma–Hanumān episode that frames the Revā tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is narrative context.