Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

बहिः क्रीडंतमाहूय सांबमित्याह नारदः । याहि कृष्णांतिकं तूर्णं कथयागमनं मम

Transliteration

bahiḥ krīḍaṃtamāhūya sāṃbamityāha nāradaḥ | yāhi kṛṣṇāṃtikaṃ tūrṇaṃ kathayāgamanaṃ mama

Translation

പുറത്ത് കളിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന സാംബനെ വിളിച്ചു നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“വേഗം കൃഷ്ണന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു എന്റെ വരവു അറിയിക്ക.”

Word by Word

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• krīḍantam: playing
• krīḍantam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krīḍ (क्रीड् धातु) + krīḍant (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'सांबम्' विशेषण

• āhūya: having called
• āhūya: Kriya (क्रियापूर्वक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√hū (आह्वा/हू धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having called'

• sāmbam: Sāmba
• sāmbam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (अह्/ब्रू धातु-अर्थे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• yāhi: go
• yāhi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṛṣṇa-antikam: to Krishna's presence/near Krishna
• kṛṣṇa-antikam: Karma (कर्म/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'कृष्णस्य अन्तिकम्'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गन्तव्यस्थान

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kathaya: tell
• kathaya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (कथय धातु/णिजन्त of कथ्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• āgamanam: arrival/coming
• āgamanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Outside the inner chambers, Sāmba plays in a courtyard; Nārada calls him aside with a raised hand and calm authority, directing him toward the private quarters of Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāmba
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful communication and prompt obedience to a sage’s instruction are presented as proper conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative instruction within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is direct speech within the story.