Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 193

Devanagari script

नरनाथ मृगावत्यां जातोऽयं तनयस्तव । यशोनिधिर्महातेजा रामचंद्र इवापरः

Transliteration

naranātha mṛgāvatyāṃ jāto'yaṃ tanayastava | yaśonidhirmahātejā rāmacaṃdra ivāparaḥ

Translation

Ô roi des hommes, de Mṛgāvatī est né ce fils qui est tien — océan de renommée, d’un grand éclat, tel un autre Rāmacandra.

Word by Word

• नरनाथ: O king (lord of men)
• नरनाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (नराणां नाथः)

• मृगावत्याम्: in Mṛgāvatī (city/region)
• मृगावत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अस्ति’ इति लुप्त-क्रिया-सह (born/has been born)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• यशोनिधिः: treasury of fame
• यशोनिधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (यशसः निधिः)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारय-समासः (महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य)

• रामचन्द्रः: Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रः: Upamana/Upameya (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (रामः चन्द्र इव)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• अपरः: another (as if a second)
• अपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (another/second)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual courtly narration/benediction within Setukhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narānātha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly scene: sages or ministers proclaim the birth of a radiant prince to the king; the newborn is compared to Rāma—halo-like brilliance, auspicious omens, attendants with flywhisks and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛgāvatī
• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous kingship is measured by fame rooted in dharma—radiance and renown arise when a ruler embodies Rāma-like virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it sits within the Setukhaṇḍa’s broader glorification of the Rāmasetu/Rāmeśvaram sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a laudatory statement about birth, fame, and kingly splendor.