Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
योऽयं नाम महाबुद्धिर्नारदो विश्ववंदितः । कस्मादेषोऽतिचपलो वायुवद्भ्रमते जगत्
Transliteration
yo'yaṃ nāma mahābuddhirnārado viśvavaṃditaḥ | kasmādeṣo'ticapalo vāyuvadbhramate jagat
Translation
ഈ നാരദൻ മഹാബുദ്ധിമാനെന്നും സർവ്വലോകവന്ദ്യനെന്നും പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; എങ്കിൽ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് ഇദ്ദേഹം വായുവുപോലെ അത്യന്തം ചഞ്ചലനായി ലോകമാകെ ഭ്രമണം ചെയ്യുന്നു?
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
नामindeed, namely
नाम:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात; emphasis/indeed)
महाबुद्धिःof great intellect
महाबुद्धिः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महती बुद्धिः यस्य/महाबुद्धिः’ (as epithet)
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
विश्ववन्दितःpraised by the whole world
विश्ववन्दितः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-वन्दित (प्रातिपदिक; समास/कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त ‘वन्दित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विश्वेन वन्दितः’
कस्मात्from what cause? why?
कस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)
एषःthis (person)
एषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
अतिचपलःvery restless
अतिचपलः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति-चपल (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गपूर्वक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
वायुवत्like the wind
वायुवत्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Simile adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवायु + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (उपमानवाचक; ‘like the wind’)
भ्रमतेwanders, roams
भ्रमते:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Ugrasena
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Ugrasena gestures toward Nārada—depicted with vīṇā and matted locks—marveling at his wind-like roaming; the scene conveys wonder at a sage who is both revered and perpetually in motion.
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaK
KṛṣṇaFAQs
Apparent restlessness in a sage can conceal a divine purpose; inquiry opens the door to deeper Purāṇic causality (karma and śāpa).
No site is directly praised; the verse pivots from tīrtha actions to a teaching about Nārada.
None.