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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्र श्लोकः पुरा गीतो नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । तद्वोऽहं कीर्तयिष्यामि श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः

Transliteration

atra ślokaḥ purā gīto nāradena surarṣiṇā | tadvo'haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ

Translation

Di sini dahulu pernah dinyanyikan sebuah śloka oleh Nārada, resi ilahi. Kini aku akan melagukannya kepada kamu—dengarlah, wahai Brahmana yang utama.

Word by Word
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place
श्लोकःa verse
श्लोकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पुराformerly; long ago
पुरा:
Kala (Time adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of time
गीतःwas sung
गीतः:
Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past passive participle used predicatively; Masculine, Nom., Singular
नारदेनby Nārada
नारदेन:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
सुरर्षिणाby the divine sage
सुरर्षिणा:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सुर-ऋषि); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular (apposition to नारदेन)
तत्that (verse/teaching)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter pronoun, Accusative, Singular
वःto you (all)
वः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) — Gen./Dat., Plural (to/for you; of you)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, Nominative, Singular
कीर्तयिष्यामिI will narrate/proclaim
कीर्तयिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कीर्तय्/√कीर्त् (धातु; नामधातु/चुरादि)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
श्रूयताम्let it be heard
श्रूयताम्:
Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग — Imperative (passive/impersonal): “let it be heard”
ब्राह्मणोत्तमाःO best of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (vocative sense by address)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses an assembly of brāhmaṇas, announcing that a verse once sung by Nārada will be recited; Nārada is envisioned with vīṇā as a luminous presence in the background.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada

FAQs

Scriptural authority is reinforced by lineage of transmission—divine seers like Nārada sanctify the teaching, and attentive listening is itself meritorious.

The Kedāra-related tīrtha being discussed in this chapter, introduced through Nārada’s remembered verse.

Śravaṇa and kīrtana: listening to and reciting the sacred verse as part of devotional practice.

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