Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

सत्यव्रतस्य नाकम्पन्नंदभद्रो महामनाः । प्रहसन्निव तं प्राह स्वक्षोभ्यः सागरो यथा

Transliteration

satyavratasya nākampannaṃdabhadro mahāmanāḥ | prahasanniva taṃ prāha svakṣobhyaḥ sāgaro yathā

Translation

大心的难陀跋陀罗并未因萨提耶弗罗多的话而战栗。仿佛含笑戏谑般，他对其说道——如大海，虽自起波涛而终不动摇。

Word by Word

• सत्यव्रतस्य: of Satyavrata
• सत्यव्रतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

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

• अकम्पत्: shook, wavered
• अकम्पत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; नकारेण निषेध

• नन्दभद्रः: Nandabhadra
• नन्दभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• महामनाः: great-souled
• महामनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मह + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत् (great-minded)

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्राह: said, spoke
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वक्षोभ्यः: self-agitated
• स्वक्षोभ्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व + क्षोभ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (one who is disturbed by himself/its own agitation)

• सागरः: ocean
• सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान-निर्देशक (as/just as)

Speaker

Nārada (narrating); direct speech to follow by Nandabhadra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Reader/audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandabhadra smiling gently, unshaken, facing Satyavrata; behind them, a symbolic ocean with rolling waves that do not disturb its depth.

Characters & Entities

• Satyavrata
• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the debate: Nandabhadra remains unperturbed and responds confidently, setting up a dharma-argument exchange.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is narrative description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.