Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

नंदभद्र सदा तुभ्यं वक्तुकामोस्मि किंचन । प्रस्तावस्याप्यभावाच्च नोदितं च मया क्वचित्

Transliteration

naṃdabhadra sadā tubhyaṃ vaktukāmosmi kiṃcana | prastāvasyāpyabhāvācca noditaṃ ca mayā kvacit

Translation

“ਨੰਦਭਦ੍ਰ, ਮੈਂ ਸਦਾ ਤੋਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਸੀ। ਪਰ ਢੁੱਕਵੇਂ ਮੌਕੇ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਇਹ ਗੱਲ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੱਸੀ।”

Word by Word

• naṃdabhadra: O Nandabhadra
• naṃdabhadra: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tubhyaṃ: to you
• tubhyaṃ: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; दान/सम्प्रदान

• vaktukāmaḥ: desirous to speak
• vaktukāmaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaktuṃ+kāma (प्रातिपदिक; ‘vaktuṃ’ from vac (धातु) तुमुन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वक्तुं कामः = desirous to speak)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kiṃcana: something
• kiṃcana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-वस्तु (indefinite)

• prastāvasya: of an occasion/context
• prastāvasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prastāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• abhāvāt: due to absence
• abhāvāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• uditam: spoken
• uditam: Karma (Predicate nominal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उदितम्’ = spoken/uttered

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent/instrument)

• kvacit: ever/at any time
• kvacit: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (adverb: ever/anywhere)

Speaker

Satyavrata addressing Nandabhadra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandabhadra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satyavrata speaks with measured gravity, indicating he has long held a teaching back due to lack of occasion; Nandabhadra listens with growing anticipation.

Characters & Entities

• Satyavrata
• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even true advice should be spoken at the right time; dharmic speech considers context (prastāva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns etiquette and ethics of counsel.