Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्वती वाक्यं प्रोक्तं देवेन शम्भुना । विस्मयाविष्टहृदया साधु साध्विति साऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā pārvatī vākyaṃ proktaṃ devena śambhunā | vismayāviṣṭahṛdayā sādhu sādhviti sā'bravīt

Translation

സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദേവൻ ശംഭു ഉച്ചരിച്ച ആ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് പാർവതിയുടെ ഹൃദയം വിസ്മയത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി; അവൾ “സാധു! സാധു!” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): having heard

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तम्: spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘spoken’ (qualifying ‘वाक्यम्’)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन—देवेन (by Śambhu)

• विस्मयाविष्टहृदया: with heart filled with amazement
• विस्मयाविष्टहृदया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त; आ-√विश् धातु) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘विस्मयेन आविष्टं हृदयं यस्याः सा’ (she whose heart was seized by wonder)

• साधु: well done
• साधु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक-निपात/उद्गार (well done!)

• साधु: well done
• साधु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-प्रशंसा (repeated exclamation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative: thus)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (she)

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to the assembled sages; cut to Pārvatī, eyes widened in wonder, hands in añjali, praising Śambhu’s words with ‘sādhu sādhu’.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Pārvatī
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Revelations of tīrtha-glory are to be received with reverence; Pārvatī models devotional assent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing discourse concerns Suparṇākhya within Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative transition and validation.