Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

नारदो गगने शीघ्रमगमत्पुरसंमुखः । द्वारदेशं समासाद्य क्षत्तारं वाक्यमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

nārado gagane śīghramagamatpurasaṃmukhaḥ | dvāradeśaṃ samāsādya kṣattāraṃ vākyamabravīt

Translation

Nārada eilte rasch durch den Himmel der Stadt entgegen. Am Torbezirk angekommen, sprach er diese Worte zum Kammertürhüter.

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गगने: in the sky
• गगने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gagana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पुर-संमुखः: facing the city
• पुर-संमुखः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘नारदः’)

• द्वार-देशम्: the gate-area
• द्वार-देशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (सम्+आ+सद् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• क्षत्तारम्: the chamberlain/door-keeper
• क्षत्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣattṛ (क्षत्तृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: words; a statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, not explicitly named in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative region (Revā-khaṇḍa frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, veena-bearing sage, streaks across the sky and descends before a fortified city gate; the gate-attendant stands alert at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bāṇa (implied: his city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sages move freely and intervene in worldly affairs to realign events toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the setting remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates Nārada’s arrival and approach to the gate.