Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

एतान्गुणान्नारदस्य त्वमथाकर्ण्य पार्थिव । जप नित्यं स्तवं पुण्यं प्रीतस्ते भविता मुनिः

Transliteration

etānguṇānnāradasya tvamathākarṇya pārthiva | japa nityaṃ stavaṃ puṇyaṃ prītaste bhavitā muniḥ

Translation

王よ、ナーラダのこれらの徳を聞いたなら、功徳あるこの讃歌を日々誦しなさい。聖仙（ムニ）は汝を喜ぶであろう。

Word by Word

• etān: these
• etān: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (demonstrative)

• guṇān: qualities
• guṇān: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• nāradāsya: of Narada
• nāradāsya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-प्रयोगः; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्तावार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛ (कृ धातु) / ākarṇ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘आकर्ण्य’ = श्रुत्वा/सम्यक् श्रुत्वा (having heard)

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• japa: recite
• japa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• stavam: hymn
• stavam: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• puṇyam: meritorious
• puṇyam: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘stavam’ विशेषणम्

• prītaḥ: pleased
• prītaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-प्रायः (pleased)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (of you)

• bhavitā: will become
• bhavitā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/instructor voice within the Māheśvara-khaṇḍa dialogue stream

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, inspired after hearing Nārada’s virtues, begins daily recitation; Nārada’s pleased presence is shown as a blessing over the king’s disciplined routine.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing a saint’s virtues and adopting disciplined daily praise transforms devotion into tangible spiritual favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is Nārada’s praise; the chapter’s wider mahātmya later anchors the practice to Nārada-kūpa and Prabodhinī Dvādaśī observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-japa (daily recitation) of the puṇya-stava (meritorious hymn).