Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र रामो जगन्नाथो जानक्या लक्ष्मणेन च । हनुमत्प्रमुखैश्चापि वानरैः परिवारितः

Transliteration

tatra rāmo jagannātho jānakyā lakṣmaṇena ca | hanumatpramukhaiścāpi vānaraiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Dort weilt Rāma, der Herr des Universums, zusammen mit Jānakī und Lakṣmaṇa, und er ist zudem umgeben von den Vānara-Scharen unter der Führung Hanumans.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; रामस्य उपाधि; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः)

• जानक्या: with Jānakī (Sītā)
• जानक्या: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणेन: with Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणेन: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हनुमत्प्रमुखैः: with those led by Hanumān
• हनुमत्प्रमुखैः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हनुमान् प्रमुखः येषाम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• वानरैः: with monkeys
• वानरैः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3), बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृवाचक-विशेषणम् to रामः

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekāntarāmanātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pilgrims/sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene shrine-courtyard where Rāma stands or sits as Jagannātha, Sītā at His side, Lakṣmaṇa attentive, and Hanumān with vānaras in reverent attendance—bows, folded hands, and readiness for service.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Jānakī (Sītā)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Hanumān
• Vānara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes supremely venerable through the abiding presence (sannidhāna) of Bhagavān and His devoted companions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to Ekāntarāmanātha Kṣetra introduced in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the sacred presence that underlies later tīrtha practices.