Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । ततो मया स्थापिते च स्थाने कालांतरेण ह । चिंतितं हृदये भूयो द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | tato mayā sthāpite ca sthāne kālāṃtareṇa ha | ciṃtitaṃ hṛdaye bhūyo dvijānugrahakāmyayā

Translation

นารทกล่าวว่า: ครั้นข้าพเจ้าตั้งสิ่งนั้นไว้ ณ ที่ของมันแล้ว กาลล่วงไปไม่นาน ข้าพเจ้าก็ใคร่ครวญในดวงใจอีกครั้ง—ด้วยความปรารถนาจะเกื้อกูลและขอพระกรุณาแก่เหล่าทวิชะ (พราหมณ์)

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb of sequence)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्थापिते: having been established; placed
• स्थापिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था + नि (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; 'स्थाने' इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कालान्तरेण: after some time; with the lapse of time
• कालान्तरेण: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कालस्य अन्तरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ह: indeed; surely
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (emphatic particle)

• चिन्तितम्: was thought; considered
• चिन्तितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) → चिन्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—'it was thought/considered'

• हृदये: in (my) heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—पुनरर्थक (adverb: again/more)

• द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया: with the desire to favor the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + अनुग्रह + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् अनुग्रहः तस्य काम्या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kauravya (a Bharata/Kuru interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, after installing a sacred presence or emblem at a tīrtha, sits in contemplative posture, vīṇā at his side, reflecting with compassionate intent toward brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dvijas (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is upheld not only by miracle but by compassionate intent—seeking the uplift of dharmic communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a new thread in Adhyāya 42; the specific tīrtha is implied by the established ‘place’ and will be clarified by subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it frames the motivation behind establishing and enhancing a sacred site for dharmic benefit.