Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ऋषीणां कथितं पूर्वं नारदेन महात्मना

Transliteration

ṛṣīṇāṃ kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ nāradena mahātmanā

Translation

Pada zaman dahulu, hal ini telah diceritakan kepada para resi oleh Narada yang berhati agung.

Word by Word

• ऋषीणाम्: of the sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told’

• पूर्वम्: formerly; earlier
• पूर्वम्: Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) कालवाचक

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying Nārada)

Speaker

Bhadra (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, vīṇā in hand, addresses an assembly of sages seated in a forest hermitage; the sense is of ancient telling and scriptural continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teachings are validated through a respected lineage of transmission, here through Nārada.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the source of the account within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya; the tīrtha is contextual rather than named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it establishes narrative authority via Nārada’s earlier instruction.