Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे विप्रा नारदेन महात्मना । कथितं सर्वमेवैतद्दक्षस्य च विचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare viprā nāradena mahātmanā | kathitaṃ sarvamevaitaddakṣasya ca viceṣṭitam

Translation

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्राः महात्मना नारदेन सर्वमेवैतत् दक्षस्य च विचेष्टितं कथितम्॥

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (अत्र नपुंसके 'अन्तरे' इत्यर्थे)

• antare: in the interval / meanwhile
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: the Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• nāradena: by Nārada
• nāradena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā+ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् आत्मा)

• kathitam: was narrated / was told
• kathitam: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (प्रातिपदिक; कथ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे भूतकर्मणि (passive sense: 'was told')

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (kathitam इत्यस्य कर्म/विषयः)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (sarvam इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्)

• dakṣasya: of Dakṣa
• dakṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• viceṣṭitam: the conduct / actions
• viceṣṭitam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi+ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक; चेष्ट् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; 'कृत्य/आचरण' अर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, vīṇā in hand, addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, recounting Dakṣa’s misdeeds; listeners lean in, the air charged with impending consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dakṣa
• Vipras (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tradition preserves dharma through truthful reporting by sages like Nārada, so wrongdoing is exposed and corrected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative linkage within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it notes the communication of events and Dakṣa’s misconduct.