Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अथ श्रुत्वा महानादं वाद्यानां समुपस्थितम् । नारदः सम्मुखः प्रायाज्ज्ञात्वा च जननीं निजाम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | atha śrutvā mahānādaṃ vādyānāṃ samupasthitam | nāradaḥ sammukhaḥ prāyājjñātvā ca jananīṃ nijām

Translation

ສູຕະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ເມື່ອໄດ້ຍິນສຽງກັງວານອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງ ຂອງເຄື່ອງດົນຕີທີ່ມາຊຸມນຸມກັນ ນາຣະດະ ກໍໄດ້ໄປຂ້າງໜ້າທັນທີ—ເພາະຮູ້ຈັກແມ່ຂອງຕົນເອງ।

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• mahānādam: a great sound
• mahānādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-nāda (प्रातिपदिक; महा + नाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of śrutvā)

• vādyānām: of musical instruments
• vādyānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• samupasthitam: present / arisen
• samupasthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; mahānādam इति विशेषण (that which had arisen/was present)

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• sammukhaḥ: facing (her) / in front
• sammukhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (nāradaḥ)

• prāyāt: went forth / approached
• prāyāt: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• jñātvā: having recognized
• jñātvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having recognized)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• jananīm: mother
• jananīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of jñātvā)

• nijām: his own
• nijām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (jananīm)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, with vīṇā, strides toward a gathering where drums and instruments resound; ahead stands his mother among celestial women near a yajña pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred events awaken deep personal duties; recognition of one’s origins and relationships can become part of a dharmic turning-point.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the scene marked by the sound of instruments connected with the yajña gathering.