Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि नराधिप

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi narādhipa

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നരാധിപാ! നീ എന്നോടു ചോദിച്ചതെല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വിശദമായി അറിയിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (एतत्-विशेषण)

• आख्यातम्: (has been) explained/told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘(has been) told’

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘asked’ (passive participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक); सम्बोधन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm hermitage or royal court setting: Nārada, veena-bearing sage, concludes his narration to a king seated respectfully, attendants quiet, palm-leaf manuscripts nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• narādhipa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble inquiry and complete instruction are central to purāṇic transmission of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this line; it is a dialogue transition within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative closure/transition.