Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पप्रचछुर्नारदं सर्वे येऽन्ये रुद्रचरा भृशम् । कथ्यतां पृच्छमानानामस्माकं कथ्यते न हि

Transliteration

papracachurnāradaṃ sarve ye'nye rudracarā bhṛśam | kathyatāṃ pṛcchamānānāmasmākaṃ kathyate na hi

Translation

ثم إن سائر أتباع رودرا سألوا نارادا بإلحاح: «أخبرنا—ما دمنا نسأل—لِمَ لا يُبيَّن لنا الأمر؟»

Word by Word

• पप्रच्छुः: asked
• पप्रच्छुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रुद्रचराः: followers/attendants of Rudra
• रुद्रचराः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: रुद्र-चर (तत्पुरुष: ‘रुद्रस्य चराः’/‘रुद्रं चरन्ति’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भृशम्: greatly, intensely
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (intensifying adverb)

• कथ्यताम्: let it be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: ‘let it be told’)

• पृच्छमानानाम्: of (us) who are asking
• पृच्छमानानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) → पृच्छमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (present participle, आत्मनेपद-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कथ्यते: is told
• कथ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing the scene

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rudra-gaṇas/attendants and other assembled beings

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra’s attendants cluster around Nārada, hands folded yet insistent, asking why the matter is not being explained; Nārada stands poised to narrate, with vīṇā and calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere inquiry (jijñāsā) is presented as the doorway to receiving purāṇic teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set within Kedārakhaṇḍa, framing the Kedāra-region Mahātmya, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a request for explanation.