Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तत्कथ्यतां महाभागे स च ते दर्शनं गतः

Transliteration

tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāge sa ca te darśanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง โปรดกล่าวเรื่องนั้นเถิด; และเขาก็ได้มาปรากฏแก่สายตาเพื่อรับทัศนะ (ดรรศนะ) ของท่านแล้วจริงๆ

Word by Word

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (pronoun)

• कथ्यताम्: let it be told
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative passive, 3rd person singular (‘let it be told’)

• महाभागे: O fortunate lady
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular; कर्मधारय (महान् भागः यस्याः)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive/Dative Singular (‘of you/to you’); अत्र षष्ठी (your)

• दर्शनम्: sight / audience
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: has come (to)
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — Past participle ‘gone/come’, nominative singular masculine

Speaker

The Six Kṛttikās (continuing their address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverent interlocutor addresses a ‘mahābhāgā’ (highly fortunate lady), requesting an explanation; the atmosphere is of a sacred meeting where someone has ‘come into your sight’.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ
• Mahābhāgā (addressed lady—likely Pārvatī in context)
• he (referent implied by context: their son/Skanda or the one being discussed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana is presented as grace: the sought-after presence ‘comes into sight’ when the sacred context and divine will align.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing scene remains at the Devanadī riverbank and Śaravaṇa grove sacred complex described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes inquiry and clarification within a sacred encounter.