Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । इति सारस्वतप्रोक्तां तथा पद्मभुवेरिताम् । साधुसाध्वित्यमोदंत सुराश्चाहं सुविस्मिताः

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | iti sārasvataproktāṃ tathā padmabhuveritām | sādhusādhvityamodaṃta surāścāhaṃ suvismitāḥ

Translation

نارد نے کہا: سارسوت کے کہے ہوئے اور پدم بھو (برہما) کے بھی تائید کردہ ان کلمات کو سن کر، دیوتا اور میں—نہایت حیران ہو کر—‘سادھو! سادھو!’ پکارتے ہوئے خوشی سے جھوم اٹھے۔

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• सारस्वतप्रोक्ताम्: spoken by Sārasvata
• सारस्वतप्रोक्ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘सारस्वतेन प्रोक्ता’

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पद्मभुवेरिताम्: uttered by Padmabhu (Brahmā)
• पद्मभुवेरिताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मभुव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईरित (कृदन्त, √ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त ‘पद्मभुवा ईरिता/उक्ता’

• साधु: well done!
• साधु: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय (interjection)

• साधु: excellent!
• साधु: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/शब्द)
• Form: प्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात

• अमोदन्त: rejoiced
• अमोदन्त: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुविस्मिताः: very astonished
• सुविस्मिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विस्मित (कृदन्त, √स्मि/विस्मि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘सु-विस्मित’ = अत्यन्तं विस्मिताः (very astonished)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) a later audience within the Purāṇic frame (sages/Skanda-context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada narrates the moment when devas, astonished, applaud the teaching with ‘sādhu sādhu’, creating a resonant, celebratory sabhā.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sārasvata
• Padmabhū (Brahmā)
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma-teachings are validated by realized authorities and celebrated by the divine assembly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is narrative, describing the divine response to a dharma teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it confirms the authority of the teaching on dāna.