Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

तथैव विष्णुरुत्पन्नः कौशल्यानंदवर्द्धनः । विश्वस्य रमणाच्चैव राम इत्युच्यते बुधैः

Transliteration

tathaiva viṣṇurutpannaḥ kauśalyānaṃdavarddhanaḥ | viśvasya ramaṇāccaiva rāma ityucyate budhaiḥ

Translation

ฉันนั้นเอง พระวิษณุทรงบังเกิดเพื่อเพิ่มพูนความปีติแก่พระนางเกาศัลยา; และเพราะทรงยังโลกทั้งปวงให้รื่นรมย์ บัณฑิตจึงขานพระนามว่า ‘รามะ’

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) — ‘indeed/just’

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• उत्पन्नः: born, manifested
• उत्पन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut√pad (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘arisen/born’

• कौशल्या: of Kauśalyā
• कौशल्या: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauśalyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — feminine genitive singular

• आनन्द: joy
• आनन्द: Karma (Object/कर्म) (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; in compound with वर्द्धनः — ‘joy’

• वर्द्धनः: increaser
• वर्द्धनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; with preceding genitive: ‘increaser of’

• विश्वस्य: of the world
• विश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of the world’

• रमणात्: from delighting; because of pleasing
• रमणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ramaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative singular ‘from/because of delighting’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — ‘indeed’

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of passive उच्यते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• इति: thus (as)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle) — marks quotation/name

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive) — ‘is called/said’

• बुधैः: by the wise
• बुधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural ‘by the wise’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene birth-scene: infant Rāma with divine aura in Kauśalyā’s arms; attendants and sages recognizing the avatāra; subtle suggestion of Viṣṇu’s presence through symbols (śaṅkha-cakra) in the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kauśalyā
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine incarnates to bring auspicious joy and to delight and uplift the world through Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in Kedāra Khaṇḍa, but it praises Rāma’s nature and name rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it implicitly glorifies Rāma-nāma through its meaning.