Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । वसिष्ठवचनं श्रुत्वा रामो धर्मभृतां वरः । परं हर्षमनुप्राप्य हृदयानंदकारकम्

Transliteration

brahmovāca | vasiṣṭhavacanaṃ śrutvā rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | paraṃ harṣamanuprāpya hṛdayānaṃdakārakam

Translation

พระพรหมาตรัสว่า: ครั้นได้สดับวาจาของวสิษฐะแล้ว พระรามผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ผู้ทรงธรรม ก็เปี่ยมด้วยปีติยินดีสูงสุด อันทำให้ดวงหทัยชื่นบาน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वसिष्ठवचनम्: Vasiṣṭha’s words
• वसिष्ठवचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ + वचन (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् (धातु) से वचन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वसिष्ठस्य वचनम्)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धर्मभृताम्: of the upholders of dharma
• धर्मभृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; √भृ (धातु) से भृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मं भृतः)

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• परम्: great
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हर्षम् इति)

• हर्षम्: joy
• हर्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्य: having attained
• अनुप्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• हृदयानन्दकारकम्: causing delight in the heart
• हृदयानन्दकारकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय + आनन्द + कारक (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) से कारक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हृदयस्य आनन्दस्य कारकम्)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching grove: Vasiṣṭha seated as a sage, Rāma listening attentively; Brahmā as the narrator implied in the cosmic background. Rāma’s face brightens with inner joy.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vasiṣṭha
• Rāma
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True praise of a tīrtha and dharma, received from a realized teacher, naturally awakens joy and resolve in the listener.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (as the subject of Vasiṣṭha’s preceding teaching).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it marks a narrative transition—Rāma’s response to the māhātmya.