Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हनुमानप्ययोध्यायां रामं द्रष्टुमथागमत् । चकार कुशलप्रश्नं स्वस्वरूपं न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

hanumānapyayodhyāyāṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭumathāgamat | cakāra kuśalapraśnaṃ svasvarūpaṃ nyavedayat

Translation

ഹനുമാനും അയോധ്യയിൽ എത്തി ശ്രീരാമനെ ദർശിച്ചു. കുശലമംഗളം ചോദിച്ച്, പിന്നെ തന്റെ സ്വരൂപവും യഥാർത്ഥ തത്ത്വവും വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി.

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.