Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

प्रकृतयो नरव्याघ्र धर्मारण्ये विनिर्ययुः । अनुजग्मुस्तदा रामं मुदा परमया युताः

Transliteration

prakṛtayo naravyāghra dharmāraṇye viniryayuḥ | anujagmustadā rāmaṃ mudā paramayā yutāḥ

Translation

हे नरव्याघ्र! प्रजा धर्मारण्यात निघाली; आणि परम आनंदाने युक्त होऊन तेव्हा श्रीरामांच्या मागोमाग गेली।

Word by Word

• प्रकृतयः: the ministers/attendants (the king’s retinue)
• प्रकृतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• नरव्याघ्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• धर्मारण्ये: in the Dharmāraṇya (forest)
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनिर्ययुः: went out / set forth
• विनिर्ययुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अनुजग्मुः: followed
• अनुजग्मुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमया: supreme, great
• परमया: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् ‘मुदा’

• युताः: endowed/associated (with)
• युताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘प्रकृतयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in broader frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pilgrimage departure: Rāma walking ahead toward a sacred forest, followed by joyful citizens carrying simple travel bundles, water pots, and offerings; the forest path opens into a tīrtha clearing.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous ruler guides society toward sacred acts; collective pilgrimage becomes a vehicle for shared puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is directly named and serves as the destination being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the act emphasized is traveling to Dharmāraṇya in a devotional spirit.