Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

धन्यं च तत्कुलं राम यत्र त्वमागतः स्वयम् । धन्याऽयोध्यापुरी राम धन्यो लोकस्त्वदाश्रयः

Transliteration

dhanyaṃ ca tatkulaṃ rāma yatra tvamāgataḥ svayam | dhanyā'yodhyāpurī rāma dhanyo lokastvadāśrayaḥ

Translation

幸いなるかな、ラーマよ、汝みずから来たり給うたその王統。幸いなるかな、ラーマよ、アヨーディヤーの都。幸いなるかな、汝に帰依し、汝を依処とする世界。

Word by Word

• dhanyam: blessed
• dhanyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tat-kulam: that family/lineage
• tat-kulam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तत् कुलम् = that family/lineage)

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āgataḥ: has come
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicative complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√gam (गम्, धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाच्ये (having come)

• svayam: personally
• svayam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• dhanyā: blessed
• dhanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ayodhyā-purī: the city Ayodhyā
• ayodhyā-purī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayodhyā + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अयोध्या-नाम्नी पुरी)

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• dhanyaḥ: blessed
• dhanyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• lokaḥ: the world/people
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvad-āśrayaḥ: having you as refuge
• tvad-āśrayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (त्वत् आश्रयः = having you as refuge)

Speaker

A woman devotee (speaker not named in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred-city praise: Ayodhyā shining with temples and ghāṭas; Rāma’s presence sanctifies the Ikṣvāku dynasty; devotees take refuge at His feet.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge in the Lord) is praised as the source of auspiciousness for people, places, and lineages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is directly praised as blessed (dhanyā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the spiritual act emphasized is refuge (āśraya/śaraṇāgati).