Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
ततो नारदमानर्च दत्त्वा दानं च पुष्कलम् । नारदीयद्विजाग्र्याणां नारदः प्रीयतामिति
tato nāradamānarca dattvā dānaṃ ca puṣkalam | nāradīyadvijāgryāṇāṃ nāradaḥ prīyatāmiti
അതിനുശേഷം അദ്ദേഹം നാരദമുനിയെ ആരാധിച്ചു, ധാരാളം ദാനം നൽകി; “നാരദൻ പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട്, നാരദീയ പരമ്പരയിൽ നിഷ്ഠയുള്ള ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർക്ക് അത് സമർപ്പിച്ചു।
Bābhravya (continuing narration)
Listener: Kaurava king
Scene: The king offers worship to Nārada—flowers, incense, and water—then distributes abundant gifts to venerable brāhmaṇas, uttering ‘Nāradaḥ prīyatām’. Nārada is envisioned with vīṇā, radiant and pleased.
FAQs
Devotion becomes complete through honoring the sage and supporting the worthy—worship joined with generous charity.
The verse supports the chapter’s Nārada-centered mahātmya; later verses situate practices at Nārada-kūpa.
Arcana (worship) of Nārada and puṣkala-dāna (abundant charity), dedicated with the resolve “Nāradaḥ prīyatām.”