Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
अथ संस्तुवतां तेषामन्योन्यं मुदितात्मनाम् । वीक्ष्य वक्त्राणि सर्वेषां महर्षिर्नारदोऽब्रवीत्
Transliteration
atha saṃstuvatāṃ teṣāmanyonyaṃ muditātmanām | vīkṣya vaktrāṇi sarveṣāṃ maharṣirnārado'bravīt
Translation
അനന്തരം, അവർ ആനന്ദാത്മാക്കളായി പരസ്പരം സ്തുതിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, മഹർഷി നാരദൻ എല്ലാവരുടെയും മുഖങ്ങൾ നോക്കി പറഞ്ഞു.
Word by Word
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle)
संस्तुवताम्of (those) praising
संस्तुवताम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + स्तु (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-सम्बद्ध), षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘संस्तुवत्’ (praising) इत्यस्य षष्ठी-बहुवचन (of those who are praising)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन
अन्योन्यम्mutually / to one another
अन्योन्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (reciprocally), द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्
मुदितात्मनाम्of the delighted-hearted
मुदितात्मनाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (मुदितः आत्मा येषाम् = whose hearts are delighted)
वीक्ष्यhaving seen
वीक्ष्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ईक्ष् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having seen’
वक्त्राणिfaces
वक्त्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य), षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तेषाम्/मुदितात्मनाम् इति)
महर्षिःthe great sage
महर्षिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
नारदःNarada
नारदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (introducing Nārada’s speech)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nārada stands or sits slightly elevated among joyful sages, gazing at their faces; the moment is poised—silence after chanting, before teaching begins.
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaM
MunisD
DvārakāFAQs
Purāṇic teaching often arises in a community of devotion—joyful praise prepares the mind for instruction.
The setting remains Dvārakā and its tīrtha-complex, as Nārada prepares to explain its merit.
None directly; it introduces Nārada’s forthcoming guidance.