Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

कथयामास वृत्तांतं तस्य संभूति संभवम् । यद्दृष्टं ज्ञानदीपेन तस्मै सर्वं न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

kathayāmāsa vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya saṃbhūti saṃbhavam | yaddṛṣṭaṃ jñānadīpena tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayat

Translation

Daraufhin berichtete er ausführlich von der Herkunft und den Umständen jenes Kindes; und alles, was er im Licht der geistigen Erkenntnis geschaut hatte, legte er ihm vollständig dar.

Word by Word

• कथयामास: narrated / told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• वृत्तान्तम्: account / story
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सम्भूति: origin / birth
• सम्भूति: Karman (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु) + क्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'सम्भवम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण (उत्पत्तिः)

• सम्भवम्: arising / occurrence
• सम्भवम्: Karman (Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु) + अप्/अच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वृत्तान्तस्य विषयः

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: Karman (Object of 'nyavedayat')
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karman (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'यत्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ज्ञानदीपेन: by the lamp of knowledge
• ज्ञानदीपेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान + दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jñānasya dīpaḥ)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'यत्...दृष्टम्' इत्यस्य समाहार

• न्यवेदयत्: reported / informed
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narration; overarching frame traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Yājñavalkya’s āśrama, Nārada narrates the child’s mysterious origin; a symbolic lamp of knowledge glows, suggesting inner vision and revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yājñavalkya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge is meant to be shared responsibly—illumining events with discernment and truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits inside the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative stream, though this line itself focuses on disclosure of the child’s history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative and epistemic (knowledge-sharing), not ritual instruction.