Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इदं सत्यं वदामीति ब्रुवन्साक्षी भवान्यतः । शुभाशुभफलं देहि शुचिः पादौ रवेः स्वृशेत्

Transliteration

idaṃ satyaṃ vadāmīti bruvansākṣī bhavānyataḥ | śubhāśubhaphalaṃ dehi śuciḥ pādau raveḥ svṛśet

Translation

‘মই এই সত্য কওঁ’ বুলি কৈ, দেৱসাক্ষী কৰি নিজে সাক্ষী হওক। শুচি হৈ সূৰ্যদেৱৰ চৰণ স্পৰ্শ কৰি প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰক—‘মোৰ সত্য অনুসাৰে শুভ বা অশুভ ফল মোক দিয়া।’

Word by Word

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सत्यं: truth
• सत्यं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वदामि: I speak/say
• वदामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative)

• ब्रुवन्: saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षी: witness
• साक्षी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific pronoun)

• यतः: since/because
• यतः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal indeclinable: since/because)

• शुभाशुभफलं: the fruit (result) of good and bad (deeds)
• शुभाशुभफलं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (शुभं च अशुभं च) + तत्पुरुष (शुभाशुभयोः फलम्)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• पादौ: (two) feet
• पादौ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्पृशेत्: should touch
• स्पृशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-sākṣitva (implicit solar tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, a purified person stands with folded hands, declaring truth; the radiant Sun is anthropomorphized with lotus-feet; the devotee symbolically touches/adores those feet, asking for the rightful फल.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful testimony is sacred; invoking the Sun emphasizes that cosmic order supports and judges speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on Sūrya as a universal divine witness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of oath-taking: while declaring truth, remain pure and touch the Sun’s feet (symbolically/ritually) while accepting the karmic outcome.