Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

इंद्रियाणां सात्त्विकाच्च त्रिगुणानि च तान्यपि । एतैः संसिद्धयंत्रेण सच्चिदानन्दवीक्षणात्

Transliteration

iṃdriyāṇāṃ sāttvikācca triguṇāni ca tānyapi | etaiḥ saṃsiddhayaṃtreṇa saccidānandavīkṣaṇāt

Translation

ومن الجانب السَّتْفي تنشأ الحواسّ (الإندريا)؛ قوى الإدراك والعمل، وهي أيضًا تعمل تحت الغونات الثلاث. وبهذه الآلة من الانضباط المكتمل، ومن خلال رؤية سات–تشِت–آنَندا (الوجود–الوعي–النعيم)، يُنال الكمال.

Word by Word

• indriyāṇām: of the senses
• indriyāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• sāttvikāt: from the sāttvic (principle)
• sāttvikāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (source)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• triguṇāni: the three qualities (guṇas)
• triguṇāni: Karma/Predicate (context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः गुणाः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• tāni: those
• tāni: Anaphoric (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Adverbial (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• etaiḥ: by these
• etaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃsiddha-yaṃtreṇa: by the perfected instrument/means
• saṃsiddha-yaṃtreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsiddha (कृदन्त, √sidh) + yantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• sat-cit-ānanda-vīkṣaṇāt: from the vision of Being-Consciousness-Bliss
• sat-cit-ānanda-vīkṣaṇāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + cit (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + vīkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sat-cit-ānandasya vīkṣaṇam)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in a temple corridor: senses depicted as five horses being gently reined; above, a luminous triad-inscription Sat-Cit-Ānanda radiates from a Śiva-liṅga, indicating inner vision arising from disciplined instrumentality.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the senses are guṇa-bound, yet they can become instruments of realization when disciplined toward the direct vision of sat–cit–ānanda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on inner discipline and realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it implies sādhana (discipline) as the ‘instrument’ leading to realization.