Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । भवद्भिः श्रूयतां देवा वचनं मम नान्यथा । तारकेण यदुक्तं च सानुगे नावधार्यताम्

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | bhavadbhiḥ śrūyatāṃ devā vacanaṃ mama nānyathā | tārakeṇa yaduktaṃ ca sānuge nāvadhāryatām

Translation

Narada sprach: „O Götter, hört meine Worte – genau so, wie sie sind. Lasst das, was von Taraka und seinen Anhängern gesagt wurde, gebührend zu Herzen genommen werden.“

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवद्भिः: by you (all)
• भवद्भिः: Karta (Agent of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; आदरार्थे (honorific ‘you’)

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriyā (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative: ‘let it be heard’)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (8th case), बहुवचन

• वचनम्: statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Logical object/thing heard)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: subject of passive ‘to be heard’)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (otherwise)

• तारकेण: by Tāraka
• तारकेण: Karta (Agent of passive in yad-uktaṃ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which/what
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Thing said)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• स: with
• स: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (with)

• अनुगे: his follower/attendant
• अनुगे: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अवधार्यताम्: let it be accepted/assented to
• अवधार्यताम्: Kriyā (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative: ‘let it be accepted/considered’)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas led by Indra (Śakra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada stands before the devas, palm raised in emphasis, requesting attentive hearing; devas sit in semicircle with Indra central; atmosphere of impending conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devas
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wise action begins with attentive listening and clear understanding, not haste or denial.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.