Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः । हाहाकारं ततः कृत्वा मूर्छितो निपपात ह

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūrchito nipapāta ha

Translation

Als er die Worte des großherzigen Nārada hörte, stieß er einen Schrei der Verzweiflung aus und sank dann ohnmächtig zu Boden.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• हाहाकारम्: a cry of ‘hā hā’ (lament)
• हाहाकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाहाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• कृत्वा: having made, having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• मूर्छितः: fainted
• मूर्छितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्छ् (धातु) → मूर्छित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• निपपात: fell down
• निपपात: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, struck by Nārada’s grave words, cries out ‘hā hā’ and collapses in a faint; Nārada stands composed, vīṇā in hand, embodying compassionate severity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vainya (Pṛthu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion and responsibility toward one’s lineage arise naturally in a dharmic heart, prompting efforts to seek remedial righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The larger section glorifies Prabhāsa-kṣetra, but this verse depicts the human response to karmic truth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse sets the emotional context for subsequent dharmic/ritual action.