Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
Devanagari script
पुरोहितं प्रति तदा नन्दी वचनमब्रवीत्
Transliteration
purohitaṃ prati tadā nandī vacanamabravīt
Translation
तदा नन्दी पुरोहितं प्रति वचनमब्रवीत्।
Word by Word
purohitamthe priest
purohitam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpurohita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
pratitowards, to
prati:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
Formअव्यय (पूर्वसर्ग/उपपद-निपात): 'प्रति' = 'towards/to' (उपपदयोगे द्वितीया)
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of time)
nandīNandin
nandī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnandī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
vacanamwords
vacanam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvacana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
abravītsaid
abravīt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Sūta (narrating); Nandī begins speaking (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nandī turns slightly toward the priest, beginning to speak; the sanctum doorway and lamps frame the moment of disclosure.
Characters & Entities
N
NandīP
PurohitaFAQs
Reporting concerns to proper religious authority supports the protection of sacred practice.
Kedāra, implied by the ongoing Kedārakhaṇḍa temple narrative.
None; it functions as a narrative bridge introducing Nandī’s explanation.
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