Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्समागते वीरे मुनिभिः सह पार्थिवे । आजगाम महायोगी देवर्षिर्नारदः स्वयम्

Transliteration

tasminsamāgate vīre munibhiḥ saha pārthive | ājagāma mahāyogī devarṣirnāradaḥ svayam

Translation

เมื่อพระราชาผู้กล้าหาญนั้นประชุมพร้อมด้วยเหล่ามุนีแล้ว มหายคี—เทวฤๅษีนารท—ก็เสด็จมาด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समागते: when (he) had arrived/assembled
• समागते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• वीरे: in the hero (king)
• वीरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सम्बद्ध (apposition to तस्मिन्)

• मुनिभिः: with sages
• मुनिभिः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd); बहुवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• पार्थिवे: in/at the king
• पार्थिवे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन; विशेष्य (king)

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महायोगी: the great yogi
• महायोगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् योगी)

• देवर्षिः: the divine sage
• देवर्षिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देवानां ऋषिः / देवः ऋषिः)

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनिश्चय/स्वतन्त्रताबोधक (indeclinable; oneself, personally)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in verse snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the midst of an assembly of sages and the heroic king, Nārada appears—radiant, carrying vīṇā, with ascetic splendor and divine aura.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• devarṣi
• mahā-yogī
• muni
• pārthiva (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharmic leadership gathers with sages, higher guidance arrives; divine messengers appear where satsanga and devotion prevail.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the auspicious arrival of Devarṣi Nārada.