Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इत्यादि बहुधा प्रोच्य तत्तद्वाक्यं ततस्ततः । सत्यव्रतस्ततः प्राह नंदभद्रं कृपान्वितः

Transliteration

ityādi bahudhā procya tattadvākyaṃ tatastataḥ | satyavratastataḥ prāha naṃdabhadraṃ kṛpānvitaḥ

Translation

इत्येवं बहुधा प्रोच्य तत्तद्वाक्यं पुनः पुनः । ततः सत्यव्रतः करुणापूरितहृदयः नन्दभद्रं प्रत्युवाच ॥

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• ādi: and so on
• ādi: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning etc. (used adverbially with iti)

• bahudhā: in many ways
• bahudhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahudhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• procya: having spoken
• procya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘प्रोच्य’ = having said/after saying

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• tad: that (respective)
• tad: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (reduplicative emphasis)

• vākyaṃ: statement/speech
• vākyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tatas: then/from there
• tatas: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb)

• tataḥ: again then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (repetition for emphasis)

• satyavrataḥ: Satyavrata
• satyavrataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyavrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naṃdabhadraṃ: Nandabhadra
• naṃdabhadraṃ: Karma (Addressee/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे कर्म (addressee as object)

• kṛpānvitaḥ: compassionate
• kṛpānvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛpā+anvita (प्रातिपदिक; ‘anvita’ from anu+i (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृपया अन्वितः = endowed with compassion)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two ascetic or noble figures seated in a quiet hermitage setting; Satyavrata, compassionate, turns toward Nandabhadra after repeated reasoning, preparing to disclose a significant teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Satyavrata
• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate guidance is offered when faith is shaken; dharma is preserved through wise counsel and empathy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Satyavrata’s forthcoming instruction.