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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । कदा विधिनिषेधौ च कर्तव्यौ विष्णुसन्निधौ । युष्मद्वाक्यामृतं पीत्वा तृप्तिर्मम न विद्यते

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | kadā vidhiniṣedhau ca kartavyau viṣṇusannidhau | yuṣmadvākyāmṛtaṃ pītvā tṛptirmama na vidyate

Translation

Nārada dit : «Quand, en la présence de Viṣṇu, faut-il entreprendre les prescriptions et les abstinences ? Ayant bu le nectar de vos paroles, ma satiété ne s’élève pourtant pas.»

Word by Word
nāradaḥNārada
nāradaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
kadāwhen
kadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of time)
vidhiinjunctions
vidhi:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासस्य पूर्वपद (with niṣedha)
niṣedhauprohibitions
niṣedhau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣedha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व (vidhi+niṣedha)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
kartavyauare to be done / should be observed
kartavyau:
Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative) ‘-तव्य’; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विधेय (predicate)
viṣṇusannidhauin the presence of Viṣṇu
viṣṇusannidhau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu-sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + सन्निधि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
yuṣmatyour
yuṣmat:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
vākyaspeech/words
vākya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (with amṛta)
amṛtamnectar (of your words)
amṛtam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of pītvā)
pītvāhaving drunk
pītvā:
Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘-त्वा’; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having drunk)
tṛptiḥsatisfaction
tṛptiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ (subject of vidyate)
mamafor me / my
mama:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
vidyateexists / is found
vidyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे प्रयोगः (exists)
Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, holding a vīṇā, bows and questions a radiant teacher figure (Brahmā or a sage) before a Viṣṇu shrine; the sanctum lamp glows, indicating ‘Viṣṇu-sannidhi’.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada
V
Viṣṇu

FAQs

A sincere seeker asks for clarity on how to align discipline (rules and restraints) with devotion to Viṣṇu.

The immediate verse is dialogic and does not name a tirtha; it continues within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-centered Cāturmāsya teaching stream.

It requests guidance on the proper timing and manner of adopting vidhi (injunctions) and niṣedha (restraints) before Viṣṇu.

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