Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । अभिनंदामि ते सर्वमेतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते । निःस्पृहा हि वयं नित्यं मुनिधर्मं समाश्रिताः

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | abhinaṃdāmi te sarvametattvayyupapadyate | niḥspṛhā hi vayaṃ nityaṃ munidharmaṃ samāśritāḥ

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Ich preise alles, was dir eigen ist—es ziemt sich dir. Doch wir Munis sind stets ohne Verlangen und fest gegründet im Dharma der Weisen.“

Word by Word

• nāradaḥ: Narada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• abhinaṃdāmi: I commend / I approve
• abhinaṃdāmi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nand (नन्द्) + abhi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “your/to you” (contextually ‘to you’)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “this”

• tvayi: in you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “in you/with you”

• upapadyate: is appropriate
• upapadyate: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (पद्) + upa- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; “is fitting/appropriate”

• niḥspṛhāḥ: free from desire
• niḥspṛhāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥspṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (for vayaṃ): “desireless”

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): “indeed/for”

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb): “always”

• muni-dharmam: the dharma of sages
• muni-dharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘मुनेः धर्मः’ = “sage’s dharma”

• samāśritāḥ: having resorted to
• samāśritāḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śri (श्रि) + sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘समाश्रिताः’ = “having resorted to” (with vayaṃ)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahiṣāsura (contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, calm and radiant with vīṇā, addresses an imposing buffalo-demon king in a forested mountain hermitage; the contrast is between serene ascetic light and asuric grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mahiṣāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual stature is marked by niḥspṛhatā—freedom from craving—and fidelity to muni-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is singled out in this verse; it emphasizes inner dharma rather than place-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches a principle of renunciation and the ethical discipline of sages.