Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

याज्ञिको ह्यपरो लोके कथ्यतां च महामुने । तदोवाच महातेजा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

yājñiko hyaparo loke kathyatāṃ ca mahāmune | tadovāca mahātejā nārado munisattamaḥ

Translation

« On parle dans le monde d’un autre sacrifiant (digne de régner) ; dis-nous qui il est, ô grand sage. » Alors Nārada, éclatant de splendeur, le meilleur des rishis, prit la parole.

Word by Word

• याज्ञिकः: a sacrificer/priest
• याज्ञिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• अपरः: another
• अपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (याज्ञिकः)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कथ्यताम्: let (him/it) be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive): ‘let it be told’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक: महा + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तेजस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नारदः); कर्मधारयः

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

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of sages’ + ‘best’)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) introducing Nārada’s reply; the request is by the gods/assembly (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas addressing a great sage, requesting news of another worthy sacrificer; Nārada rises, radiant, ready to speak—his vīṇā and ascetic glow signaling authority.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After adharma causes collapse, dharma seeks a worthy, yajña-aligned ruler—sacrifice symbolizes responsibility and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra Khaṇḍa frames the teaching within Kedārakṣetra’s sacred narrative stream, though the verse itself is dialogic.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the qualification “yājñika” is referenced; no specific sacrifice is detailed in this verse.