Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दुहिता प्राह पार्थिवम्

Transliteration

nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā duhitā prāha pārthivam

Translation

நாரதரின் சொற்களைக் கேட்டதும், மகள் அரசனிடம் கூறினாள்।

Word by Word

• nāradasya: of Narada
• nāradasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having heard’

• duhitā: daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prāha: said, spoke
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (अह् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• pārthivam: the king
• pārthivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Primary interlocutor not specified in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A princess (the daughter) turns toward the king with composed intensity after hearing Nārada; the court is tense, Nārada stands with vīṇā, the moment poised before her decisive vow.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāvitrī
• King (pārthiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is clarified through śravaṇa (hearing) and then resolute speech aligned with conscience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra remains the Māhātmya frame, though this verse is a narrative transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Sāvitrī’s reply.