Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नारदाद्यैर्मुनिवरैराबाल ब्रह्मचारिभिः । गीयमानचरित्रोपि न सम्यग्योधिगम्यते

Transliteration

nāradādyairmunivarairābāla brahmacāribhiḥ | gīyamānacaritropi na samyagyodhigamyate

Translation

แม้พระจริยาและลีลาของพระองค์จะถูกขับร้องโดยฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐอย่างนารท ผู้เป็นพรหมจารีตั้งแต่วัยเยาว์ พระองค์ก็ยังไม่อาจถูกรู้แจ้งได้อย่างครบถ้วนถูกต้อง

Word by Word

• नारदाद्यैः: by Nārada and others
• नारदाद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + आदि (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• मुनिवरैः: by the best sages
• मुनिवरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + वर (प्रातिपदिक); कर्मधारयः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• आबाल: from childhood
• आबाल: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + बाल (अव्ययीभाव-समासः)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधिवाचकः (adverb: from childhood)

• ब्रह्मचारिभिः: by brahmacārins (celibate students)
• ब्रह्मचारिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• गीयमान: being sung
• गीयमान: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गै (धातु) + यमान (कर्मणि वर्तमान-कृदन्त; शानच्/यमान)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Passive present participle; Neut. Nom./Acc. Sg.)

• चरित्रः: deeds, story
• चरित्रः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः (negation)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचकः (adverb: properly, fully)

• यः: who/which (He)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• अधिगम्यते: is understood/attained
• अधिगम्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, कर्मणि प्रयोगः; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम् (Present, 3rd sg., passive/middle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada with vīṇā leading a circle of youthful brahmacārī sages, singing the Lord’s deeds; above them, a vast, unbounded divine presence suggested by light and space rather than a fully defined figure.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Munis
• Brahmacārins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural praise and saintly singing reveal the Lord, yet His fullness exceeds complete human or even sage-level comprehension.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī Khaṇḍa; the verse supports the devotional atmosphere of Kāśī rather than naming a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it implicitly promotes śravaṇa-kīrtana (hearing and singing) as devotional approaches.