Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
अहो विरुद्धो भगवान्नारदो मयि दृश्यते । नृत्यते किं न वा नृत्ये गीयते किं न गीयते
Transliteration
aho viruddho bhagavānnārado mayi dṛśyate | nṛtyate kiṃ na vā nṛtye gīyate kiṃ na gīyate
Translation
«Ah ! Le vénérable Nārada paraît contrarié contre moi. Faut-il donc qu’il n’y ait point de danse ? Ou point de chant ?»
Word by Word
अहोalas!/oh!
अहो:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootaho (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक-निपात (interjection/particle of exclamation)
विरुद्धःopposed/contrary
विरुद्धः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviruddha (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त from √rudh/√rudh?; रूढ-विशेषण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
भगवान्the venerable lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अपपद-सम्बोधनार्थे नाम
मयिin/with regard to me
मयि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
दृश्यतेis seen/appears
दृश्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश्)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
नृत्यतेis danced / does one dance?
नृत्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nṛt (नृत्)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (impersonal/passive sense)
किम्why?/whether?
किम्:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
नृत्येin dancing / in the dance
नृत्ये:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण
गीयतेis sung / does one sing?
गीयते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gai (गै)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
किम्why?/whether?
किम्:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
गीयतेis sung
गीयते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gai (गै)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
Speaker
Indra (Devarāja), addressing himself/others upon seeing Nārada
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra pauses mid-enjoyment, brows knit, looking toward Nārada; dancers and musicians freeze, sensing a shift from festivity to scrutiny.
Characters & Entities
I
IndraN
NāradaR
Rambhā (context)FAQs
A moment of self-reflection arises when sacred counsel approaches; pleasures must yield to dharmic priorities.
Not directly; the verse is part of the narrative that culminates in Vastrāpatha-kṣetra’s praise.
None; the verse concerns Indra’s reaction to Nārada.