Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः । हाहाकारं ततः कृत्वा मूर्छितो निपपात ह

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūrchito nipapāta ha

Translation

Entendant les paroles du magnanime Nārada, il poussa un cri de détresse, puis, accablé, tomba évanoui.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• हाहाकारम्: a cry of ‘hā hā’ (lament)
• हाहाकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाहाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• कृत्वा: having made, having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• मूर्छितः: fainted
• मूर्छितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्छ् (धातु) → मूर्छित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• निपपात: fell down
• निपपात: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, struck by Nārada’s grave words, cries out ‘hā hā’ and collapses in a faint; Nārada stands composed, vīṇā in hand, embodying compassionate severity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vainya (Pṛthu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion and responsibility toward one’s lineage arise naturally in a dharmic heart, prompting efforts to seek remedial righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The larger section glorifies Prabhāsa-kṣetra, but this verse depicts the human response to karmic truth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse sets the emotional context for subsequent dharmic/ritual action.