Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । इत्युक्तोऽहं पार्थ देव्या तदानीं प्रीयमाणया । प्रत्यब्रवं प्रमुदितः कोलंबां विश्वमातरम्

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | ityukto'haṃ pārtha devyā tadānīṃ prīyamāṇayā | pratyabravaṃ pramuditaḥ kolaṃbāṃ viśvamātaram

Translation

قال ناردا: يا بارثا، لما خاطبتني الإلهةُ آنذاك وهي راضيةٌ مسرورة، أجبتُ بفرحٍ كولَمبا، أمَّ العالمين.

Word by Word

• नारद: Nārada
• नारद: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• उक्तः: having been spoken to/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (having been addressed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā (Pārtha)
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Agentive-instr./करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तदानीम्: at that time
• तदानीम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रीयमाणया: by (her) being pleased
• प्रीयमाणया: Karana (Accompanying state/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रत्यब्रवम्: I replied
• प्रत्यब्रवम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रमुदितः: delighted
• प्रमुदितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + मुद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोलम्बाम्: Kolambā (name of the goddess)
• कोलम्बाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• विश्वमातरम्: the Mother of the universe
• विश्वमातरम्: Karma (Apposition/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य माता)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kolambā-kṣetra (gupta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, joyful and reverent, turns toward the enthroned Kolambā Devī; the scene is intimate—Devī’s pleased expression, Nārada’s vīṇā at his side; a secondary framing suggests he later recounts this to Pārtha.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pārtha
• Devī
• Kolambā
• Viśvamātā (Mother of the universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the Goddess with reverence and receiving her grace leads to joyful, dharmic speech and guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the Kolambā Devī context; the following verses expand the local tīrtha/gupta-kṣetra glory connected to her.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it sets up the devotional dialogue that leads to worship instructions in subsequent verses.