Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा नारदो भगवान्मुनिः । स्तोत्रेण महता शर्वः स्तुतो भक्त्या महामनाः

Transliteration

kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā nārado bhagavānmuniḥ | stotreṇa mahatā śarvaḥ stuto bhaktyā mahāmanāḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭഗവാൻ മുനി നാരദൻ കൈകൂപ്പി, ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ മഹത്തായ സ്തോത്രംകൊണ്ട് ശർവൻ (ശിവൻ)നെ സ്തുതിച്ചു; അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഹൃദയം ഭക്തിയിൽ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कृताञ्जलिपुटः: with folded hands
• कृताञ्जलिपुटः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातु, कृदन्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः अञ्जलिपुटः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘with hands joined (añjali)’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having become’

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भगवान्: venerable
• भगवान्: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘venerable/divine’

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्तोत्रेण: by a hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• महता: great
• महता: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्तोत्रेण इति सह (agreeing with ‘स्तोत्रेण’)

• शर्वः: Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वः: Karman (Object of praise/स्तुत्य-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्तुतः: was praised
• स्तुतः: Kriyā (Main predicate/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘praised’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• महामनाः: great-souled
• महामनाः: Karta (Qualifier of Śarva/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (महत् मनः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘great-minded’

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Nārada’s hymn)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra Śiva-sthāna (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada stands or kneels with palms joined, eyes softened, offering a grand hymn to Śarva; the shrine glows with lamp-light and sacred stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śarva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True praise arises from humility (añjali) and bhakti, not merely from words.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape frames the episode; the verse highlights Śiva-stuti rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Añjali (joined palms) and stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) as modes of worship.