Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

विनयेनाभिवाद्याथ कथयामास नारदः । ऋषयो मन्दरे प्राप्ता विष्णुं नेतुं सुरालये

Transliteration

vinayenābhivādyātha kathayāmāsa nāradaḥ | ṛṣayo mandare prāptā viṣṇuṃ netuṃ surālaye

Translation

Après les avoir salués avec humilité, Nārada déclara : «Les sages sont arrivés à Mandara pour conduire Viṣṇu vers la demeure des dieux».

Word by Word

• विनयेन: with humility
• विनयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental Singular

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted
• अभिवाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वाद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल — ‘having saluted’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर्यबोधक-अव्यय (then)

• कथयामास: told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Periphrastic perfect ‘told/related’

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative Plural

• मन्दरे: at Mandara
• मन्दरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative Singular

• प्राप्ताः: arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having arrived’

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative Singular

• नेतुम्: to lead
• नेतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक — ‘to lead’

• सुरालये: to/in the abode of the gods
• सुरालये: Adhikarana (Destination/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (context) / Mandara (mentioned)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada bows with folded hands before a cluster of tiny Vālakhilyas; behind them, a distant vision of Mandara rises like a sacred peak, hinting at a divine summons to escort Viṣṇu to the gods’ abode.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ṛṣis
• Mandara
• Viṣṇu
• Surālaya (abode of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vinaya (humility) and proper reverence precede sacred communication; dharmic missions are carried out through respectful coordination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mandara is again the sacred locus where the sages gather in relation to Viṣṇu, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhivādana (respectful salutation) is implied as proper conduct; no separate ritual like dāna/japa is specified.