Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । इति सारस्वतप्रोक्तां तथा पद्मभुवेरिताम् । साधुसाध्वित्यमोदंत सुराश्चाहं सुविस्मिताः

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | iti sārasvataproktāṃ tathā padmabhuveritām | sādhusādhvityamodaṃta surāścāhaṃ suvismitāḥ

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ସାରସ୍ୱତଙ୍କ ଉକ୍ତି ଏବଂ ପଦ୍ମଭୂ (ବ୍ରହ୍ମା) ଦ୍ୱାରା ସମର୍ଥିତ ସେହି ବାଣୀ ଶୁଣି, ଦେବମାନେ ଓ ମୁଁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ବିସ୍ମିତ ହୋଇ ‘ସାଧୁ! ସାଧୁ!’ ବୋଲି କହି ଆନନ୍ଦିତ ହେଲୁ।

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• सारस्वतप्रोक्ताम्: spoken by Sārasvata
• सारस्वतप्रोक्ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘सारस्वतेन प्रोक्ता’

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पद्मभुवेरिताम्: uttered by Padmabhu (Brahmā)
• पद्मभुवेरिताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मभुव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईरित (कृदन्त, √ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त ‘पद्मभुवा ईरिता/उक्ता’

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय (interjection)

• साधु: excellent!
• साधु: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात

• अमोदन्त: rejoiced
• अमोदन्त: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुविस्मिताः: very astonished
• सुविस्मिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विस्मित (कृदन्त, √स्मि/विस्मि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘सु-विस्मित’ = अत्यन्तं विस्मिताः (very astonished)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) a later audience within the Purāṇic frame (sages/Skanda-context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada narrates the moment when devas, astonished, applaud the teaching with ‘sādhu sādhu’, creating a resonant, celebratory sabhā.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sārasvata
• Padmabhū (Brahmā)
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma-teachings are validated by realized authorities and celebrated by the divine assembly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is narrative, describing the divine response to a dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it confirms the authority of the teaching on dāna.