Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सृष्टिमार्गांस्तु तान्वीक्ष्य नारदेन विचालितान् । नावस्थानं च लोकेषु भ्रमतस्ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

sṛṣṭimārgāṃstu tānvīkṣya nāradena vicālitān | nāvasthānaṃ ca lokeṣu bhramataste bhaviṣyati

Translation

နာရဒကြောင့် လှုပ်ရှား၍ ရောယှက်သွားသော ဖန်ဆင်းခြင်း၏ လမ်းကြောင်းများကို မြင်ပြီး ဒက္ခက ကြေညာသည်။ «လောကအပေါင်းတို့၌ လှည့်လည်နေသော သင်အတွက် တည်ငြိမ်သော နေရာမရှိစေရ» ဟု။

Word by Word

• सृष्टिमार्गान्: paths of creation
• सृष्टिमार्गान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सृष्टेः मार्गाः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); धातुः वीक्ष् (to see), अर्थः ‘दृष्ट्वा/अवलोक्य’

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

• विचालितान्: disturbed/made to move
• विचालितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + चल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘विचालित’ = moved/disturbed

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अवस्थानम्: stability/settled state
• अवस्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• लोकेषु: in the worlds/among people
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• भ्रमतः: of the wandering one
• भ्रमतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भ्रमतः’ = of one who wanders

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘ते’ = your/of you

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (narrating Dakṣa’s curse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, stern and radiant, points in judgment toward Nārada; behind them, symbolic ‘paths of creation’ appear as flowing streams or cosmic lines, disturbed like ripples.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Nārada
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Interfering with cosmic duties can invite consequences; yet such consequences may also become instruments for wider dharma (Nārada’s world-roaming).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the focus is on the curse explaining Nārada’s itinerant nature.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.