Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । मर्त्यलोकाद्विभो प्राप्तः सांप्रतं च त्वरान्वितः । तव पादप्रपूजार्थं सत्येनात्मानमालभे

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | martyalokādvibho prāptaḥ sāṃprataṃ ca tvarānvitaḥ | tava pādaprapūjārthaṃ satyenātmānamālabhe

Translation

นารทกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าพึ่งมาจากโลกมนุษย์ และมาถึงด้วยความเร่งร้อน เพื่อบูชาพระบาทของพระองค์ ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวความจริงและน้อมถวายตนต่อพระองค์ด้วยใจจริง

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मर्त्यलोकात्: from the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक: मर्त्य + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियापद-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सांप्रतम्: at present, now
• सांप्रतम्: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/संयोजक)

• त्वरा-अन्वितः: endowed with haste
• त्वरा-अन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृत्: अन्वि + त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वरायुक्तः)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पाद-प्रपूजा-अर्थम्: for the purpose of worship of (your) feet
• पाद-प्रपूजा-अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रपूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक (for the purpose of)

• सत्येन: with truth, truly
• सत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/हेतुवाचक

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आलभे’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• आलभे: I offer/dedicate
• आलभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘समर्पये/उपयोजये’ अर्थे

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, dusted from travel, bows deeply before Brahmā, hands folded; his vīṇā rests at his side as he speaks with earnest truth.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approach the divine with truthfulness (satya) and humble devotion, offering oneself in sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a dialogue-introduction within Tīrthamāhātmya; no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāda-pūjā (reverent worship of the Lord’s feet) is indicated as the devotional act.