Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नारदेन ततो ब्रह्माऽश्वासितो वचनैः शुभैः । तावच्च हवनं पूर्णं जातं तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

nāradena tato brahmā'śvāsito vacanaiḥ śubhaiḥ | tāvacca havanaṃ pūrṇaṃ jātaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Darauf tröstete Nārada Brahmā mit glückverheißenden Worten; und inzwischen war das Havanna, das heilige Feueropfer jenes Großherzigen, vollendet.

Word by Word

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/कारणवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karma (Object of comforting/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आश्वासितः: was consoled
• आश्वासितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस् (धातु) + आश्वासित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been consoled/assured’

• वचनैः: with words
• वचनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• शुभैः: auspicious; good
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of वचनैः)

• तावत्: meanwhile
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (meanwhile/so long)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• हवनम्: the oblation/rite of offering
• हवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूर्णम्: complete
• पूर्णम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of हवनम्)

• जातम्: became; was accomplished
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘became/was’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada gently addresses Brahmā, whose expression softens from concern to calm; nearby the havan fire settles into a steady glow, indicating the rite has reached completion.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmā
• Mahātmā (unnamed great-souled performer of the rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious counsel by a sage steadies the mind, and sacred rites should be completed with composure and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred region (Kedārakhaṇḍa) within the Maheshvara Khanda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of havana/homa (fire-offering) as part of Vedic-Purāṇic worship.