Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । अद्य मे सफलं देव प्रभातं तव दर्शनात् । कुशलं च न देवानां शीघ्रमुत्तिष्ठ गम्यताम्

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | adya me saphalaṃ deva prabhātaṃ tava darśanāt | kuśalaṃ ca na devānāṃ śīghramuttiṣṭha gamyatām

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവാ! ഇന്ന് നിന്റെ ദർശനത്താൽ എന്റെ പ്രഭാതം സഫലമായി. എന്നാൽ ദേവന്മാർക്ക് ക്ഷേമമില്ല; വേഗം എഴുന്നേറ്റ് നമുക്ക് പോകണം.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic form)

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रभातम्: morning
• प्रभातम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (your) sight; because of seeing (you)
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कुशलम्: well-being, welfare
• कुशलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Of whom/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up
• उत्तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + उत् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गम्यताम्: let it be gone / let (us) go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद; विधिलिङ्गार्थे आज्ञा

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, Nārada stands before Viṣṇu with folded hands; the sky is pale gold. His face shows joy from darśana yet urgency as he reports the gods’ distress.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Viṣṇu (Deva)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after attaining personal bliss through darśana, a devotee prioritizes the welfare of the world and the restoration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative bridge within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an urgent appeal to intervene.