Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ऋषयस्तत्र ते यांतु समानेतुं जनार्द्दनम् । इत्युक्तो नारदः स्वर्गात्स्नातुं प्राप्तः स मन्दरे

Transliteration

ṛṣayastatra te yāṃtu samānetuṃ janārddanam | ityukto nāradaḥ svargātsnātuṃ prāptaḥ sa mandare

Translation

“Biarlah para ṛṣi pergi ke sana untuk membawa Janārdana.” Demikian diperintahkan, Nārada turun dari svarga dan tiba di Mandara untuk mandi suci.

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्तरि), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Pronoun, Nominative Plural

• यान्तु: let (them) go
• यान्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperative, 3rd person plural

• समानेतुम्: to bring
• समानेतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक — Infinitive ‘to bring/lead together’

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: (having been) told
• उक्तः: Karta (of passive)/कर्मणि-कर्तृसदृश
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP ‘having been told’

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक — Infinitive ‘to bathe’

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having arrived’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative Singular

• मन्दरे: on/at Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara-snānā (Mandara tīrtha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada descending from svarga to Mandara, holding vīṇā, approaching a clear bathing pool/stream; sages preparing to invite Janārdana.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Nārada
• Svarga
• Mandara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The gods’ purposes are fulfilled through saintly intermediaries—sages and Nārada—who connect heaven and earth in service to Janārdana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Mandara is highlighted as a sacred setting where snāna is performed, within the wider Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly mentioned as Nārada arrives to bathe at Mandara.