Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु मुनिभिर्नन्दी शीघ्रतरं गतः । कथयामास तत्सर्वं कुपितेनान्तरात्मना

Transliteration

evamuktastu munibhirnandī śīghrataraṃ gataḥ | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ kupitenāntarātmanā

Translation

ಮುನಿಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ನಂದಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಟನು. ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಪವನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತುಕೊಂಡು ಆ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ (ಪ್ರಭುವಿಗೆ) ತಿಳಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त/भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त (PPP) — “having been told/addressed”

• tu: then; however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• munibhiḥ: by the sages
• munibhiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• nandī: Nandin
• nandī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śīghrataram: more quickly
• śīghrataram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative adverb) — “more quickly”

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त (PPP used in past sense) — “went”

• kathayāmāsa: related; narrated
• kathayāmāsa: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु) + ā (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (sarvam इति विशेष्य)

• sarvam: everything; all of it
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kupitena: with an angered
• kupitena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (प्रातिपदिक; √kup PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (antarātmanā इति विशेष्य)

• antar-ātmanā: with (his) inner self
• antar-ātmanā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः— “inner” + “self”

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin strides rapidly away from the sages, face set with contained anger; the background shows austere yogins in stillness, contrasting motion and silence.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Munis (sages)
• Śiva (implied recipient)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in sacred settings, disrespect and delay provoke disharmony; inner emotions reveal the ethical quality of one’s response to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the conduct of ascetics is evaluated within a sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse advances the story by describing Nandin’s swift departure and report.