Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । ततो मया स्थापिते च स्थाने कालांतरेण ह । चिंतितं हृदये भूयो द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | tato mayā sthāpite ca sthāne kālāṃtareṇa ha | ciṃtitaṃ hṛdaye bhūyo dvijānugrahakāmyayā

Translation

نارد نے کہا: جب میں نے اسے اس کے مقام پر قائم کر دیا، تو کچھ عرصہ بعد میں نے اپنے دل میں پھر غور کیا—دو بار جنم لینے والوں (برہمنوں) کی بھلائی اور عنایت کی خواہش سے۔

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb of sequence)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्थापिते: having been established; placed
• स्थापिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था + नि (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; 'स्थाने' इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कालान्तरेण: after some time; with the lapse of time
• कालान्तरेण: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कालस्य अन्तरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ह: indeed; surely
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (emphatic particle)

• चिन्तितम्: was thought; considered
• चिन्तितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) → चिन्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—'it was thought/considered'

• हृदये: in (my) heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—पुनरर्थक (adverb: again/more)

• द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया: with the desire to favor the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजानुग्रहकाम्यया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + अनुग्रह + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् अनुग्रहः तस्य काम्या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kauravya (a Bharata/Kuru interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, after installing a sacred presence or emblem at a tīrtha, sits in contemplative posture, vīṇā at his side, reflecting with compassionate intent toward brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dvijas (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is upheld not only by miracle but by compassionate intent—seeking the uplift of dharmic communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a new thread in Adhyāya 42; the specific tīrtha is implied by the established ‘place’ and will be clarified by subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it frames the motivation behind establishing and enhancing a sacred site for dharmic benefit.