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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

तासां नानाविधा वाचः श्रूयन्ते नन्दने वने । ब्रह्मलोकादिका वार्त्ताः कृत्वा च तदनन्तरम्

tāsāṃ nānāvidhā vācaḥ śrūyante nandane vane | brahmalokādikā vārttāḥ kṛtvā ca tadanantaram

Dans la forêt de Nandana, on entendit leurs voix aux multiples tonalités. Après avoir parlé de Brahmaloka et d’autres mondes, ils poursuivirent ensuite leur marche.

tāsāmof those (women)
tāsām:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
nānā-vidhāḥof various kinds
nānā-vidhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā-vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः: nānā + vidhāḥ (कर्मधारयः: ‘nānā eva vidhāḥ’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
vācaḥspeeches/words
vācaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
śrūyanteare heard
śrūyante:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)
nandanein Nandana (garden)
nandane:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
vanein the forest/grove
vane:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
brahmaloka-ādikāḥbeginning with Brahmaloka, etc.
brahmaloka-ādikāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahma-loka-ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः: brahma + loka (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + ādika (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-सदृश ‘starting with’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
vārttāḥtidings/stories
vārttāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvārttā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
kṛtvāhaving made/done
kṛtvā:
Kriya (Non-finite/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
tad-anantaramimmediately after that
tad-anantaram:
Temporal adverb (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad-anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समासः: tad + anantaram; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker; describing the scene)

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Scene: In Nandana forest, layered voices ripple through flowering trees; groups converse about Brahmaloka and other realms, then move onward along a luminous path.

N
Nandana forest
B
Brahmaloka

FAQs

Purāṇic narratives link sacred places to cosmic realms, showing dharma’s reach from earth to Brahmaloka.

The verse is a celestial framing device; it indirectly heightens the prestige of the Vastrāpatha tīrtha narrative.

None; it is descriptive narration.