Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि कौरव्य नारदस्य गुणानिमान् । श्रुत्वा श्रद्धामयो भूत्वा शृणु कृत्यं यदत्र च

Transliteration

tathā tvamapi kauravya nāradasya guṇānimān | śrutvā śraddhāmayo bhūtvā śṛṇu kṛtyaṃ yadatra ca

Translation

Ainsi toi aussi, ô descendant des Kurus : après avoir entendu ces vertus de Nārada et t’être empli de foi, écoute également le devoir qui doit être accompli ici.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानबोधक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय (particle: also)

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• गुणान्: qualities
• गुणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (गुणान्)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• श्रद्धामयः: full of faith
• श्रद्धामयः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (मयट् = ‘full of’)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृत्यम्: duty / what should be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative) विशेषणम् (कृत्यम्)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Bābhravya addressing a Kaurava listener (frame-dialogue within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kaurava (Kuru-descended) king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrator addresses a Kaurava king seated in humility; the sage’s hand gestures toward a sacred text/altar, indicating forthcoming instructions; the king’s posture shows awakened faith.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kaurava (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) after hearing sacred qualities is the gateway to correct action (kṛtya) in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse introduces the local observance; the chapter’s site-context is the Nārada-kūpa created by Nārada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To listen attentively to the prescribed kṛtya (what is to be done) connected with this place/time.