Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

यत्राह नारदो धर्मान्बृहत्कल्पाश्रयांस्त्विह । पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणि नारदीयं तदुच्यते

Transliteration

yatrāha nārado dharmānbṛhatkalpāśrayāṃstviha | pañcaviṃśatsahasrāṇi nāradīyaṃ taducyate

Translation

凡此处那罗陀（Nārada）依《大劫》（Bṛhat-kalpa）而宣说诸法（dharma）之要义者，名为《那罗陀往世书》（Nāradiya），共二万五千（25,000）颂。

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक अव्यय), relative adverb “where”

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; “said/spoke”

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धर्मान्: dharmas; righteous duties
• धर्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• बृहत्कल्पाश्रयान्: based on the great kalpa
• बृहत्कल्पाश्रयान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् + कल्प + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बृहत्कल्पस्य आश्रयाः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (धर्मान्)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), contrast/emphasis particle

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक), “here”

• पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणि: twenty-five thousand
• पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशत् + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (पञ्चविंशतिः सहस्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• नारदीयम्: (the text) Nāradiya
• नारदीयम्: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ग्रन्थनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, vīṇā-bearing, seated among sages, expounding dharma; a banner-like colophon indicates ‘Nāradiya’ and its verse-count; Prabhāsa temple/coast hinted behind.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bṛhat-kalpa
• Nāradiya Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved and transmitted through authoritative Purāṇic teaching lineages, here linked to Nārada.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, situating even textual cataloging within the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse identifies the Nāradiya Purāṇa and its traditional extent.