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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । अतः परं किमभवत्तन्मे कथय सुव्रत । पूर्वं च तदशेषेण शंस मे वदताम्बर

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | ataḥ paraṃ kimabhavattanme kathaya suvrata | pūrvaṃ ca tadaśeṣeṇa śaṃsa me vadatāmbara

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Was geschah danach? Sage es mir, o du mit vortrefflichen Gelübden. Und berichte mir auch vollständig, was zuvor geschah, o Bester der Redner.“

Word by Word
नारदःNarada
नारदः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अतःthereafter
अतः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formहेतुवाचक/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter/therefore)
परम्next / further
परम्:
Adhikarana (Time/Sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
अभवत्happened
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कथयtell
कथय:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सुव्रतO one of good vows
सुव्रत:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—सुव्रत = शोभनं व्रतं यस्य (बहुव्रीहि-प्राय), सम्बोधनरूपेण
पूर्वम्earlier / first
पूर्वम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
अशेषेणcompletely / without remainder
अशेषेण:
Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-एकवचन-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (instrumental used adverbially)
शंसrelate / declare
शंस:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशंस् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4th) वा षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अत्र ‘मे’ = मह्यम् (to me) इत्यर्थे (दत्तिवत् प्रयोगः)
वदताम्बरO best among speakers
वदताम्बर:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवदत् (कृदन्त, शतृ) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—वदताम्बर = वदतां (वक्तॄणाम्) अम्बरं यस्य (श्रेष्ठः) इति बहुव्रीहि; ‘वक्तॄणां श्रेष्ठ’ इत्यर्थे
Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Nārada seated with vīṇā, respectfully questioning a revered narrator; forest-āśrama or assembly setting; scrolls and sacrificial implements nearby.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada

FAQs

Humble inquiry before a worthy authority is the gateway to dharma-knowledge in Purāṇic tradition.

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces a doctrinal/narrative inquiry.

None; the verse is a dialogue prompt requesting a complete account.

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