Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
नारद उवाच । न त्वया कुत्सितं किंचित्पूर्व देहांतरे कृतम् । मया ज्ञातं महाराज सर्वं दिव्येन चक्षुषा
Transliteration
nārada uvāca | na tvayā kutsitaṃ kiṃcitpūrva dehāṃtare kṛtam | mayā jñātaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā
Translation
นารทกล่าวว่า: “ท่านมิได้กระทำสิ่งอันน่าติเตียนใดๆ ในภพก่อน โอ้มหาราช เรารู้ทั้งหมดแล้วด้วยทิพยจักษุ”
Word by Word
नारदःNarada
नारदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कुत्सितम्blameworthy
कुत्सितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुत्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (किंचित्)
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (anything)
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/before)
देहान्तरेin another body
देहान्तरे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देहस्य अन्तरे = in another body)
कृतम्was done
कृतम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
ज्ञातम्is known (has been known)
ज्ञातम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (vocative), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
दिव्येनwith divine
दिव्येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चक्षुषा)
चक्षुषाby (my) vision
चक्षुषा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
Speaker
Nārada
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King (unnamed here)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nārada, with vīṇā, speaks gently yet firmly to the king, palm raised in reassurance; the king’s face shifts from dread to attentive calm.
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaFAQs
Purāṇic dharma balances karma with compassion: not every suffering is proof of personal sin; wise insight is needed.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue.
None.