Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नारदाद्यैर्मुनिवरैराबाल ब्रह्मचारिभिः । गीयमानचरित्रोपि न सम्यग्योधिगम्यते

Transliteration

nāradādyairmunivarairābāla brahmacāribhiḥ | gīyamānacaritropi na samyagyodhigamyate

Translation

Kahit inaawit ang Kanyang mga gawa ng mga dakilang pantas gaya ni Nārada—mga brahmacārī mula pagkabata—hindi pa rin Siya ganap na nauunawaan nang wasto.

Word by Word

• नारदाद्यैः: by Nārada and others
• नारदाद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + आदि (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• मुनिवरैः: by the best sages
• मुनिवरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + वर (प्रातिपदिक); कर्मधारयः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• आबाल: from childhood
• आबाल: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + बाल (अव्ययीभाव-समासः)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधिवाचकः (adverb: from childhood)

• ब्रह्मचारिभिः: by brahmacārins (celibate students)
• ब्रह्मचारिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• गीयमान: being sung
• गीयमान: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गै (धातु) + यमान (कर्मणि वर्तमान-कृदन्त; शानच्/यमान)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Passive present participle; Neut. Nom./Acc. Sg.)

• चरित्रः: deeds, story
• चरित्रः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः (negation)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचकः (adverb: properly, fully)

• यः: who/which (He)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• अधिगम्यते: is understood/attained
• अधिगम्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, कर्मणि प्रयोगः; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम् (Present, 3rd sg., passive/middle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada with vīṇā leading a circle of youthful brahmacārī sages, singing the Lord’s deeds; above them, a vast, unbounded divine presence suggested by light and space rather than a fully defined figure.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Munis
• Brahmacārins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural praise and saintly singing reveal the Lord, yet His fullness exceeds complete human or even sage-level comprehension.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī Khaṇḍa; the verse supports the devotional atmosphere of Kāśī rather than naming a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it implicitly promotes śravaṇa-kīrtana (hearing and singing) as devotional approaches.