Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र व्योममार्गेण नारदः । गायन्गुणान्भगवतो वीणापाणिः समागतः

Transliteration

etasminnantare tatra vyomamārgeṇa nāradaḥ | gāyanguṇānbhagavato vīṇāpāṇiḥ samāgataḥ

Translation

ഇതിനിടയിൽ ആകാശമാർഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെ നാരദമുനി അവിടെ എത്തി—കയ്യിൽ വീണയുമായി, ഭഗവാന്റെ ഗുണഗാനം പാടിക്കൊണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्; 'अन्तरे' = 'अन्तर' शब्दस्य सप्तमी

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• व्योम-मार्गेण: by the path of the sky
• व्योम-मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (व्योम्नः मार्गः)

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• गायन्: singing
• गायन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्तः (शतृ-प्रत्यय/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदी

• गुणान्: qualities, virtues
• गुणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), बहुवचनम्

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• वीणा-पाणिः: having a vīṇā in hand
• वीणा-पाणिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीणा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (वीणा पाणौ यस्य सः)

• समागतः: arrived
• समागतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय/Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; उपसर्गौ—सम्, आ; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'arrived'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Dvārakā Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada descends through the sky-path, vīṇā in hand, singing the Lord’s virtues as he arrives at the seashore scene—his presence shifts the atmosphere from grief to devotional uplift.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhagavān (Lord)
• vīṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana—singing the Lord’s virtues—is portrayed as a divine, world-moving act associated with sages like Nārada.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the narrative locus; the verse supports its Māhātmya by showing great sages visiting it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied devotional practice: guṇa-kīrtana (praising the Lord), though no formal rite is commanded.