Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

दृष्टवत्यो महाभागं देवर्षिमथ नारदम् । सर्वा दृष्टाः स्म तं दृष्ट्वा देवर्षिममितद्युतिम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭavatyo mahābhāgaṃ devarṣimatha nāradam | sarvā dṛṣṭāḥ sma taṃ dṛṣṭvā devarṣimamitadyutim

Translation

แล้วเราทั้งหลายได้เห็นเทวฤๅษี นารท ผู้มีมหาภาคยิ่ง ครั้นได้เห็นเทวทัศนีผู้มีรัศมีหาประมาณมิได้แล้ว เราทุกคนก็เพ่งมองท่านนั้นโดยพร้อมเพรียง

Word by Word

• दृष्टवत्यः: (they) having seen / who saw
• दृष्टवत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + क्तवत् (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महाभागम्: the greatly fortunate one
• महाभागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः (महान् भागः)

• देवर्षिम्: the divine sage
• देवर्षिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (देवानां ऋषिः)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse-connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थ (then/and)

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वाः: all (fem. pl.)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• दृष्टाः: were seen / (we) saw
• दृष्टाः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + क्त (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used predicatively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (contextual feminine)

• स्म: indeed/then (past particle)
• स्म: Tense-marker (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थ-निश्चय/स्मरणार्थक (particle with past narration)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• देवर्षिम्: the divine sage
• देवर्षिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अमितद्युतिम्: of immeasurable splendor
• अमितद्युतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः (अमिता द्युतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Nārī (narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience addressed as Bhārata/Pārtha in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada appears luminous, vīṇā in hand, haloed by tejas; the onlookers collectively turn and gaze, their sorrow momentarily replaced by astonished reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When suffering ripens, divine guidance appears—often through sages like Nārada who connect people to dharma and tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified yet; Nārada’s arrival signals impending tīrtha-instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; the verse marks the auspicious sight (darśana) of a divine sage.