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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्र श्लोकः पुरा गीतो नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । तद्वोऽहं कीर्तयिष्यामि श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः

Transliteration

atra ślokaḥ purā gīto nāradena surarṣiṇā | tadvo'haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ

Translation

Ici, jadis, un śloka fut chanté par Nārada, le rishi divin. Je vais à présent vous le réciter—écoutez, ô meilleurs des brahmanes.

Word by Word
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place
श्लोकःa verse
श्लोकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पुराformerly; long ago
पुरा:
Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of time
गीतःwas sung
गीतः:
Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past passive participle used predicatively; Masculine, Nom., Singular
नारदेनby Nārada
नारदेन:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
सुरर्षिणाby the divine sage
सुरर्षिणा:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सुर-ऋषि); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular (apposition to नारदेन)
तत्that (verse/teaching)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter pronoun, Accusative, Singular
वःto you (all)
वः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) — Gen./Dat., Plural (to/for you; of you)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, Nominative, Singular
कीर्तयिष्यामिI will narrate/proclaim
कीर्तयिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कीर्तय्/√कीर्त् (धातु; नामधातु/चुरादि)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
श्रूयताम्let it be heard
श्रूयताम्:
Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Imperative (passive/impersonal): “let it be heard”
ब्राह्मणोत्तमाःO best of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses an assembly of brāhmaṇas, announcing that a verse once sung by Nārada will be recited; Nārada is envisioned with vīṇā as a luminous presence in the background.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada

FAQs

Scriptural authority is reinforced by lineage of transmission—divine seers like Nārada sanctify the teaching, and attentive listening is itself meritorious.

The Kedāra-related tīrtha being discussed in this chapter, introduced through Nārada’s remembered verse.

Śravaṇa and kīrtana: listening to and reciting the sacred verse as part of devotional practice.

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