Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शासनं तत्र रामस्य राघवस्य च नामतः । शृणु ताम्राश्रयं तत्र लिखितं धर्मशास्त्रतः

Transliteration

śāsanaṃ tatra rāmasya rāghavasya ca nāmataḥ | śṛṇu tāmrāśrayaṃ tatra likhitaṃ dharmaśāstrataḥ

Translation

จงฟัง ณ ที่นั้น พระราชโองการของพระราม—ราฆวะ—โดยเอ่ยนามไว้ชัด: เป็นจารึกบนแผ่นทองแดง รจนาตามธรรมศาสตรา

Word by Word

• शासनम्: edict/charter
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• राघवस्य: of Rāghava
• राघवस्य: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: ‘by name/as to name’)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ताम्राश्रयम्: copper-plate record/support
• ताम्राश्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ताम्रस्य आश्रयः/आश्रयम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• लिखितम्: written/inscribed
• लिखितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिखित (कृदन्त; लिख् धातोः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Acc./Nom.), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• धर्मशास्त्रतः: from/according to the Dharmaśāstra
• धर्मशास्त्रतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्मशास्त्र + तः (प्रातिपदिक + तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from/according to’; तत्पुरुष-समासः (धर्मस्य शास्त्रम्)

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Rāma-śāsana sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered copper-plate charter is displayed or read aloud in the sacred forest; the name of Rāma Rāghava is invoked as the source; sages and Brahmins listen as dharmaśāstra-based injunctions are proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāghava
• Dharmaśāstra
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld not only by devotion but also by righteous governance and formally established dharmic आदेश (edicts).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where Rāma’s dharmic charter is said to be recorded and preserved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces a dharmic document (śāsana) grounded in Dharmaśāstra.