Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नारदो भगवानृषिः । ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस्त्रिषु लोकेषु गर्वितः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putrastriṣu lokeṣu garvitaḥ

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Gerade zu jener Zeit war der göttliche Weise Nārada—der geistgeborene Sohn Brahmās—in den drei Welten ruhmreich bekannt.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tu: but/and
• tu: Vākyasaṃbandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (conjunctive particle)

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

• bhagavān: venerable, divine
• bhagavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying nāradaḥ)

• ṛṣiḥ: sage
• ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to nāradaḥ

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• mānasaḥ: mind-born
• mānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying putraḥ) ‘mind-born’

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying lokeṣu)

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• garvitaḥ: proud
• garvitaḥ: Kriyā (State/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √garv)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘proud’ (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Nārada
• Brahmā
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas introduce divine messengers like Nārada to turn events toward dharma, testing pride and guiding beings back to sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing discourse is within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, though this verse itself sets the narrative time and character.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.