Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । एवमुक्तो भास्करेण तं तदा प्राब्रवं वचः । भारते विहृतः खण्डे महीनगरकादपि । दर्शनार्थं तव विभो समायातोऽस्मि भास्कर

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | evamukto bhāskareṇa taṃ tadā prābravaṃ vacaḥ | bhārate vihṛtaḥ khaṇḍe mahīnagarakādapi | darśanārthaṃ tava vibho samāyāto'smi bhāskara

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ଭାସ୍କର ଏପରି କହିଲେ ପରେ ମୁଁ ସେତେବେଳେ ଉତ୍ତର ଦେଲି: ‘ମୁଁ ଭାରତବର୍ଷରେ, “ମହୀନଗରକ” ନାମକ ଖଣ୍ଡରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବିହାର କରିଛି; ହେ ପ୍ରଭୁ ଭାସ୍କର, ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନାର୍ଥେ ଏଠାକୁ ଆସିଛି।’

Word by Word

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीति/प्रकार-वाचक adverb)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि (having been addressed/spoken to)

• bhāskareṇa: by Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskareṇa: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb)

• prābravam: I spoke
• prābravam: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• vacaḥ: words / speech
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• bhārate: in Bhārata (India)
• bhārate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (देश/वर्ष-नाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• vihṛtaḥ: having wandered / enjoyed
• vihṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (having roamed/played)

• khaṇḍe: in the region/section
• khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• mahīnagarakāt: from Mahīnagaraka
• mahīnagarakāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīnagaraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचनम्; अपादान (from)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = also/even)

• darśana-artham: for (your) seeing / for audience
• darśana-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana + artha (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः (दर्शनाय अर्थः) = प्रयोजनम्

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• vibho: O Lord
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• samāyātaḥ: having come
• samāyātaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā√yā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (having come)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• bhāskara: O Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīnagaraka (as referenced)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāskara (Ravi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, hands folded, speaks to the radiant Bhāskara: he recounts roaming across Bhārata-varṣa and arriving specifically for the Sun’s darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Bhārata-varṣa
• Mahīnagaraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and travel attain sanctity when oriented toward darśana—direct encounter with the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse mentions Bhārata-varṣa and a region called Mahīnagaraka, but does not explicitly praise a named tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the devotional act emphasized is darśana-seeking.