Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
किमिदं पश्य गत्वा त्वं दृष्ट्वा मह्यं निवेदय । तत्तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा गतो वै नलकूबरः
Transliteration
kimidaṃ paśya gatvā tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahyaṃ nivedaya | tattasya vacanaṃ śrutvā gato vai nalakūbaraḥ
Translation
“เจ้าจงไปดูว่าเรื่องนี้คืออะไร ครั้นเห็นแล้วจงมากราบทูลเรา” ครั้นนลกูพะระได้ฟังพระดำรัสนั้น ก็ออกไปโดยแท้
Word by Word
किम्what
किम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक
पश्यsee
पश्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
मह्यम्to me
मह्यम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
निवेदयreport/inform
निवेदय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + विद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (श्रुत्वा इत्यस्य कर्म)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
वचनम्command/words
वचनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
गतःwent/has gone
गतः:
Kriya (Result state/क्रियाफल)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
नलकूबरःNalakūbara
नलकूबरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनलकूबर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra issues a crisp command to Nalakūbara—go, observe, and report; Nalakūbara bows and departs swiftly toward the forest.
Characters & Entities
V
Vāsava (Indra, implied)N
NalakūbaraFAQs
Dharma acts with discernment—first knowing the situation clearly, then responding rightly.
Dharmāraṇya, the locale whose disturbance prompts investigation by the devas.
None; it is an instruction-and-mission verse.