Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

व्याघ्रसिंहाकुलं तत्र यक्षराक्षससेवितम् । श्रुत्वा जनमुखाद्रामो धर्मारण्यमरण्यकम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा रामदेवस्तु न चिंता क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

vyāghrasiṃhākulaṃ tatra yakṣarākṣasasevitam | śrutvā janamukhādrāmo dharmāraṇyamaraṇyakam | tacchrutvā rāmadevastu na ciṃtā kriyatāmiti

Translation

ครั้นทรงสดับจากปากชาวบ้านว่า ธรรมารัณยะเป็นพงไพรแท้ มีเสือและสิงห์ชุกชุม และยักษ์กับรากษสเที่ยวสัญจร ครั้นได้ยินดังนั้น พระรามเทวะตรัสว่า “อย่าได้กังวลเลย”

Word by Word

• व्याघ्रसिंहाकुलम्: filled with tigers and lions
• व्याघ्रसिंहाकुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याघ्र + सिंह + आकुल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (व्याघ्रैः सिंहैः च आकुलम्) (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• यक्षराक्षससेवितम्: inhabited/served by yakṣas and rākṣasas
• यक्षराक्षससेवितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्ष + राक्षस + सेवित (प्रातिपदिके; √सेव् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (यक्षैः राक्षसैः च सेवितम्) क्त-कृदन्तम् (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund), ‘having heard’

• जनमुखात्: from people’s mouths (from the people)
• जनमुखात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + मुख (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जनस्य मुखम्) (Neuter, Abl. sg.)

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masc., Nom. sg.)

• धर्मारण्यम्: Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य अरण्यम्) (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• अरण्यकम्: wild, forest-like
• अरण्यकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरण्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• तत्: that (report)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund), ‘having heard’

• रामदेवः: Rama the lord
• रामदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + देव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (देवः रामः) (Masc., Nom. sg.)

• तु: however, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपातः (negative particle)

• चिन्ता: worry
• चिन्ता: Karma (Object as quoted content/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Fem., Nom. sg.)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done / let (there) be
• क्रियताम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्, कर्मणि प्रयोगः (Imperative, 3rd sg., passive: ‘let it be done’)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; includes direct speech of Rāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: धर्मारण्य

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: नगरजनैः कथितं—व्याघ्रसिंहाकुलं, यक्षराक्षससेवितं धर्मारण्यं; रामः निर्भयः, हस्तेन आश्वासन-मुद्रां कृत्वा वदति—‘न चिंता क्रियताम्’।

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Dharmāraṇya
• Vyāghra (tigers)
• Siṃha (lions)
• Yakṣa
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Entering a potent sacred kṣetra requires courage and steady mind; dharma is upheld by fearlessness in the face of obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya—presented as an awe-inspiring sacred forest whose very danger underscores its spiritual potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on mental discipline—freedom from anxiety when approaching a holy place.