Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

भोभोः क्षत्तर्महाबुद्धे राजकार्यविशारद । शीघ्रं बाणाय चाचक्ष्व नारदो द्वारि तिष्ठति

Transliteration

bhobhoḥ kṣattarmahābuddhe rājakāryaviśārada | śīghraṃ bāṇāya cācakṣva nārado dvāri tiṣṭhati

Translation

「おおい、おおい！門守よ、汝は大いなる知恵を備え、王の務めに通じている。急ぎバーナに告げよ、ナーラダが門前に立っている、と。」

Word by Word

• भोभोः: O! O!
• भोभोः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle), पुनरुक्ति

• क्षत्तर्: O chamberlain
• क्षत्तर्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣattṛ (क्षत्तृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• महाबुद्धे: O great-minded one
• महाबुद्धे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘क्षत्तर्’)

• राज-कार्य-विशारद: O one skilled in royal affairs
• राज-कार्य-विशारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘क्षत्तर्’)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• बाणाय: to Bāṇa
• बाणाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• आचक्ष्व: inform; tell
• आचक्ष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-cakṣ (आ+चक्ष् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्वारि: at the door
• द्वारि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: stands; is waiting
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa narrative region

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada stands at the gate addressing the chamberlain; the chamberlain listens with folded hands, palace guards and gate architecture framing the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even kings and powerful beings are subject to higher spiritual authority and must honor righteous visitors and sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse focuses on courtly protocol within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct request to announce the sage’s arrival.