Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

सर्वगः सर्वविच्चैव नारदः सर्वदा शुचिः । वेदाध्ययनशीलश्च त्वागत स्तत्र संसदि

Transliteration

sarvagaḥ sarvaviccaiva nāradaḥ sarvadā śuciḥ | vedādhyayanaśīlaśca tvāgata statra saṃsadi

Translation

സർവത്ര സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന, സർവജ്ഞൻ, സദാ ശുചിയായ, വേദാധ്യയനത്തിൽ നിഷ്ഠനായ നാരദൻ ആ സഭയിൽ എത്തി.

Word by Word

• सर्वगः: all-going/omnipresent
• सर्वगः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वत्र गच्छति इति)

• सर्ववित्: all-knowing
• सर्ववित्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘knower’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वं वेत्ति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/just)

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

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वेद-अध्ययन-शीलः: habitually devoted to Vedic study
• वेद-अध्ययन-शीलः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (वेदस्य अध्ययनम्; तस्मिन् शीलः = habitually engaged)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• आगतः: having come/arrived
• आगतः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• संसदि: in the assembly
• संसदि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, ever-pure and Veda-devoted, steps into the grand assembly; the court’s attention turns toward him as a revered knower and traveler of all realms.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity, learning, and tireless pursuit of sacred knowledge are presented as marks of an ideal messenger-sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the setting is an assembly (saṃsad) within the narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedic study (vedādhyayana) is praised as a sustained discipline, though no formal rite is prescribed.