Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्र श्लोकः पुरा गीतो नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । तद्वोऽहं कीर्तयिष्यामि श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः

Transliteration

atra ślokaḥ purā gīto nāradena surarṣiṇā | tadvo'haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ

Translation

Hier wurde einst ein Śloka von Nārada, dem göttlichen Ṛṣi, gesungen. Diesen werde ich euch nun vortragen—hört zu, o beste der Brahmanen.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• श्लोकः: a verse
• श्लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly; long ago
• पुरा: Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of time

• गीतः: was sung
• गीतः: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past passive participle used predicatively; Masculine, Nom., Singular

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुरर्षिणा: by the divine sage
• सुरर्षिणा: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुर-ऋषि); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular (apposition to नारदेन)

• तत्: that (verse/teaching)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter pronoun, Accusative, Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) — Gen./Dat., Plural (to/for you; of you)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I will narrate/proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कीर्तय्/√कीर्त् (धातु; नामधातु/चुरादि)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person singular, parasmaipada

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Imperative (passive/impersonal): “let it be heard”

• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses an assembly of brāhmaṇas, announcing that a verse once sung by Nārada will be recited; Nārada is envisioned with vīṇā as a luminous presence in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural authority is reinforced by lineage of transmission—divine seers like Nārada sanctify the teaching, and attentive listening is itself meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-related tīrtha being discussed in this chapter, introduced through Nārada’s remembered verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa and kīrtana: listening to and reciting the sacred verse as part of devotional practice.