Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
नंदिना च तदा सर्वे पृष्टाः प्रोचुस्त्वरान्विताः
Transliteration
naṃdinā ca tadā sarve pṛṣṭāḥ procustvarānvitāḥ
Translation
تب نندی کے پوچھنے پر وہ سب عجلت سے بھرے ہوئے، ایک ساتھ جواب دینے لگے۔
Word by Word
naṃdināby Nandin
naṃdinā:
Karana/Agent-in-passive (कर्तृकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnandī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
sarveall (of them)
sarve:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
pṛṣṭāḥhaving been asked
pṛṣṭāḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√prach (धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (having been asked)
procuḥthey replied/said
procuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √vac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
tvarā-anvitāḥendowed with haste
tvarā-anvitāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; from anu + √i with क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Purāṇic audience (not specified)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nandī (or Nandī-like authority) questions; devas lean forward and answer together, their faces urgent, hands gesturing in haste.
Characters & Entities
N
NandīD
DevasFAQs
Approaching Śiva involves humility and proper inquiry; Nandī functions as a dharmic mediator.
Not stated; the Kedārakhaṇḍa context points to Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity as the background.
None.