Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

नारदं पूजयित्वा तु प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना । हर्षितं तु यमं दृष्ट्वा नारदो विस्मिताननः

Transliteration

nāradaṃ pūjayitvā tu prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā | harṣitaṃ tu yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado vismitānanaḥ

Translation

Après avoir honoré Nārada, l’âme intérieure toute réjouie, Yama parut plein de joie; voyant Yama ainsi heureux, le visage de Nārada s’emplit d’étonnement.

Word by Word

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: None
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/त्वा), अव्यय; धातु: पूज्

• तु: indeed
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (but/indeed)

• प्रहृष्टेन: with delighted
• प्रहृष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त, हृष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्तरात्मना)

• अन्तरात्मना: with inner self/heart
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हर्षितम्: joyful
• हर्षितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (कृदन्त, हृष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यमम्)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-समुच्चय/विरोध

• यमम्: Yama
• यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: None
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/त्वा), अव्यय; धातु: दृश्

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विस्मिताननः: one whose face was astonished
• विस्मिताननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (कृदन्त, स्मि/स्मय् धातु) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः = यस्य आननं विस्मितं सः; विशेषणम् (नारदः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, radiant and unexpectedly smiling, completes worship of Nārada; Nārada, veena in hand, looks on with widened, astonished eyes amid a dignified assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yama
• Dharmarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the lord of justice honours saintly wisdom; reverence to sages refines the heart and transforms the atmosphere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse advances the Dharmāraṇya narrative context; it does not name a separate tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (honouring/worship) offered to Nārada as a revered guest.