Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अस्माकं स्थितिरव्यग्रा तव देहे न संशयः । सत्यपाशेन बद्धाः स्म दृढमेव त्वयाऽनघ

Transliteration

asmākaṃ sthitiravyagrā tava dehe na saṃśayaḥ | satyapāśena baddhāḥ sma dṛḍhameva tvayā'nagha

Translation

إن مقامنا ثابتٌ غير مضطرب في جسدك، ولا شكّ في ذلك. لقد قيّدتنا بإحكام بحبل الحقّ، يا طاهرَ الذنب.

Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थितिः: abiding, stay
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अव्यग्रा: undistracted, steady
• अव्यग्रा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (निषेध) + व्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• देहे: in (your) body
• देहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सत्यपाशेन: by the noose of truth
• सत्यपाशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सत्यस्य पाशः)

• बद्धाः: bound
• बद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• स्म: indeed (past/emphatic particle)
• स्म: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थ/स्मरणार्थ-निपात (particle used with past sense/emphasis)

• दृढम्: firmly
• दृढम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे/क्रियाविशेषणरूपे नपुंसक-एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'firmly')

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle 'only/indeed')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (a collective ‘we’—likely divine/ancestral beings—addressing the virtuous interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deha-kshetra (body as kṣetra) — implied

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to an ‘anagha’ (sinless) figure; context suggests Bali’s son in adjacent verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant ‘satya-noose’ encircles luminous beings seated within the chest/heart-lotus of the vow-holder; the figure stands calm, unshaken, while the inner presences remain steady.

Characters & Entities

• satya-pāśa (noose of truth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is a binding spiritual power: steadfast satya anchors divine/meritorious forces and stabilizes one’s inner state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal within the Dharmāraṇya narrative; tīrtha-glorification continues in nearby verses referencing Gayā/Prayāga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; it frames satya as a vow (vrata) that produces spiritual efficacy.