Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । न त्वया कुत्सितं किंचित्पूर्व देहांतरे कृतम् । मया ज्ञातं महाराज सर्वं दिव्येन चक्षुषा

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | na tvayā kutsitaṃ kiṃcitpūrva dehāṃtare kṛtam | mayā jñātaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā

Translation

নারদ বললেন—তুমি পূর্ব দেহান্তরে কোনো নিন্দনীয় কর্ম করনি। হে মহারাজ, আমি দিব্যদৃষ্টিতে সবই জেনেছি।

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुत्सितम्: blameworthy
• कुत्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (किंचित्)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (anything)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/before)

• देहान्तरे: in another body
• देहान्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देहस्य अन्तरे = in another body)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ज्ञातम्: is known (has been known)
• ज्ञातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दिव्येन: with divine
• दिव्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चक्षुषा)

• चक्षुषा: by (my) vision
• चक्षुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (unnamed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, with vīṇā, speaks gently yet firmly to the king, palm raised in reassurance; the king’s face shifts from dread to attentive calm.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma balances karma with compassion: not every suffering is proof of personal sin; wise insight is needed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.