Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

एवं निर्भर्त्सितो रत्या नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । स्वयं जगाम त्वरीतं शंबरं दैत्यपुंगवम्

Transliteration

evaṃ nirbhartsito ratyā nārado munisattamaḥ | svayaṃ jagāma tvarītaṃ śaṃbaraṃ daityapuṃgavam

Translation

Thus rebuked by Rati, Nārada—the best of sages—himself hurried off to Śambara, the foremost among the Dānavas.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb ‘thus’)

• nirbhartsitaḥ: rebuked
• nirbhartsitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-bhartsita (कृदन्त; निर्+भर्त्स् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘rebuked’

• ratyā: by Rati
• ratyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, feminine)

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine)

• muni-sattamaḥ: best of sages
• muni-sattamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-sattama (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine); तत्पुरुषः—‘best of sages’

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (indeclinable; ‘himself’)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Perfect, 3rd person singular)

• tvarītam: quickly
• tvarītam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tvarita (कृदन्त; त्वर् धातोः क्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial accusative: ‘quickly/in haste’)

• śaṃbaram: Śambara
• śaṃbaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, masculine)

• daitya-puṃgavam: the foremost of demons
• daitya-puṃgavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya-puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्य + पुंगव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, masculine); तत्पुरुषः—‘bull/foremost among demons’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (Mahēśvara Khaṇḍa default)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, freshly rebuked, strides rapidly with vīṇā slung, leaving the hermitage behind; the landscape shifts from bright sacred forest to darker, fortified asura city in the distance labeled ‘Śambara’.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Nārada
• Śambara
• Daitya/Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives show how speech and events redirect destiny; even rebuke can become a turning point in divine storytelling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse shifts from the Kedāra setting toward another narrative locale (Śambara’s domain); the immediate Kedāra tīrtha context recedes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition indicating movement and consequence.