Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

एतान्गुणान्नारदस्य त्वमथाकर्ण्य पार्थिव । जप नित्यं स्तवं पुण्यं प्रीतस्ते भविता मुनिः

Transliteration

etānguṇānnāradasya tvamathākarṇya pārthiva | japa nityaṃ stavaṃ puṇyaṃ prītaste bhavitā muniḥ

Translation

اے پارتھِو راجا! نارد کی یہ خوبیاں سن کر تم روزانہ اس پُنّیہ ستَو کا جپ کرو؛ مُنی تم پر راضی ہوگا۔

Word by Word

• etān: these
• etān: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (demonstrative)

• guṇān: qualities
• guṇān: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• nāradāsya: of Narada
• nāradāsya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-प्रयोगः; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्तावार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛ (कृ धातु) / ākarṇ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘आकर्ण्य’ = श्रुत्वा/सम्यक् श्रुत्वा (having heard)

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• japa: recite
• japa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• stavam: hymn
• stavam: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• puṇyam: meritorious
• puṇyam: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘stavam’ विशेषणम्

• prītaḥ: pleased
• prītaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-प्रायः (pleased)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (of you)

• bhavitā: will become
• bhavitā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator/instructor voice within the Māheśvara-khaṇḍa dialogue stream

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, inspired after hearing Nārada’s virtues, begins daily recitation; Nārada’s pleased presence is shown as a blessing over the king’s disciplined routine.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing a saint’s virtues and adopting disciplined daily praise transforms devotion into tangible spiritual favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is Nārada’s praise; the chapter’s wider mahātmya later anchors the practice to Nārada-kūpa and Prabodhinī Dvādaśī observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-japa (daily recitation) of the puṇya-stava (meritorious hymn).