Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
Devanagari script
एवमुक्त्वाऽथ तं विष्णुर्नारदं मुनिपुंगवम् । ततश्च गरुडं प्राह त्वं किमर्थमिहागतः
Transliteration
evamuktvā'tha taṃ viṣṇurnāradaṃ munipuṃgavam | tataśca garuḍaṃ prāha tvaṃ kimarthamihāgataḥ
Translation
Après avoir ainsi parlé à Nārada, le plus éminent des sages, Viṣṇu s’adressa ensuite à Garuḍa : « Dans quel dessein es-tu venu ici ? »
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (manner)
उक्त्वाhaving spoken
उक्त्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), 'having said'
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (sequence particle)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
नारदम्Nārada
नारदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
मुनि-पुंगवम्the foremost of sages
मुनि-पुंगवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनिषु पुंगवः = best among sages)
ततःthereafter
ततः:
Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (from there/thereafter)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction)
गरुडम्Garuḍa
गरुडम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)
किम्-अर्थम्for what purpose? why?
किम्-अर्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb), तत्पुरुष-समास (कस्य अर्थः = for what purpose)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (place)
आगतःhave come
आगतः:
Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि (agreeing with 'त्वम्')
Speaker
Viṣṇu
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Viṣṇu, having addressed Nārada, turns toward Garuḍa and asks his purpose; Garuḍa stands with folded hands, wings partially spread, poised for service.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuN
NāradaG
GaruḍaFAQs
Purāṇic narration models orderly dialogue: divine commitments are followed by attentive listening to devotees’ petitions.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it marks a narrative transition.
None.