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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

महर्षिगणसंसिद्धो विद्वान्गांधर्ववेदवित् । वैरकेलिकलो विप्रो ब्राह्मः कलिरिवापरः

maharṣigaṇasaṃsiddho vidvāngāṃdharvavedavit | vairakelikalo vipro brāhmaḥ kalirivāparaḥ

ท่านผู้สำเร็จท่ามกลางหมู่มหาฤษี เป็นบัณฑิตและชำนาญคันธรรพเวท พราหมณ์ผู้นั้นเพลิดเพลินในการจาริก ดุจกลียุคที่สอง—รวดเร็วและยากจะต้านทาน

maharṣi-gaṇa-saṃsiddhaḥaccomplished/recognized among the hosts of sages
maharṣi-gaṇa-saṃsiddhaḥ:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsiddha (√sidh, क्त-कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘perfected/approved by the groups of great sages’
vidvāna learned man
vidvān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Root√vid (धातु) → vidvas (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/वस्-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘knower, learned one’
gāndharva-veda-vitknower of the Gāndharva Veda (music)
gāndharva-veda-vit:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootgāndharva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vit (√vid, कृत्)
Formकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (वित्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘knower of the Gāndharva-veda’
vaira-keli-kalaḥskilled in playful arts/sports
vaira-keli-kalaḥ:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaira (प्रातिपदिक) + keli (प्रातिपदिक) + kala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘skilled in playful sport/arts’ (lexical compound)
vipraḥa brāhmaṇa, sage
vipraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
brāhmaḥbrahmic, like Brahmā
brāhmaḥ:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘Brahmā-like / pertaining to Brahmā’
kaliḥKali (personified)
kaliḥ:
Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootkali (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; here as upamāna
ivalike
iva:
Upamana (Comparative marker/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)
aparaḥanother (one)
aparaḥ:
Visheshya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective—‘another’

Sūta (descriptive narration)

Scene: Nārada, perfected among great seers and skilled in Gāndharva Veda, moves playfully from place to place—swift like a second Kali—his presence hard to restrain.

N
Nārada
M
Maharṣis
G
Gāndharva Veda
K
Kali (as simile)

FAQs

Spiritual mastery includes both realization among sages and the power to move through worlds spreading sacred knowledge, especially through divine music.

No specific site is named; the verse characterizes Nārada, who typically catalyzes the revelation of a place’s māhātmya.

None; the emphasis is on Nārada’s qualifications—learning, perfection, and sacred artistry.