Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पराशरो महात्मा वै कृतार्थो ह्यभवन्नृप

Transliteration

parāśaro mahātmā vai kṛtārtho hyabhavannṛpa

Translation

హే నృపా, మహాత్మ పరాశరుడు నిశ్చయంగా కృతార్థుడయ్యెను.

Word by Word

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महात्मा: great-souled
• महात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of पराशरः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात

• कृतार्थः: fulfilled in purpose/successful
• कृतार्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of पराशरः)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक निपात (for/indeed)

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice addressing a king)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• King (listener, unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional aims reach completion when they culminate in dharma and the establishment of sacred benefit for others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The newly sanctified Narmadā southern-bank tīrtha connected with Parāśara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it concludes the consecration episode by noting Parāśara’s fulfillment.