Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

नारदस्तत्र चागत्य प्रोक्तवाञ्जन्म तस्य तत् । शिवाय च शिवायै च पुत्रो जातो हि सुंदरः

Transliteration

nāradastatra cāgatya proktavāñjanma tasya tat | śivāya ca śivāyai ca putro jāto hi suṃdaraḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ നാരദൻ അവിടെ വന്ന് ആ ജന്മവാർത്ത അറിയിച്ചു—“ശിവനും ശിവായും ഒരു സുന്ദര പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।”

Word by Word

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) ‘having come’

• proktavān: told/declared
• proktavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त) + vān (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle used as finite), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘he spoke/told’

• janma: birth
• janma: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of proktavān

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; appositional to janma

• śivāya: to Śiva
• śivāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; dative

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• śivāyai: to Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivāyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; dative

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: was born
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with putraḥ

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed)

• sundaraḥ: beautiful
• sundaraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sundara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective of putraḥ

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) reporting Nārada’s proclamation (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Śiva-Devī locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada arrives with vīṇā, radiant and smiling, addressing Śiva and Śivā: proclamation of a beautiful son’s birth; the atmosphere turns celebratory.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Śivā (Pārvatī)
• Skanda (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The birth of the divine son is treated as cosmic good news, proclaimed by Nārada to affirm dharma and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative continues to glorify the Gaṅgā-side sacred setting; this verse foregrounds the proclamation rather than the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.