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

Sous le règne de Rāma, l’esprit des peuples débordait de joie. Les hommes furent riches de biens et de grains, et bénis de fils et de petits-fils.

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.