Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं धर्म वै सत्यमंदिरे

Transliteration

evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ dharma vai satyamaṃdire

Translation

So, o Dharma, ist dir alles vollständig berichtet worden über Satyamaṃdira, die heilige Wohnstatt der Wahrheit.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘एवम्’ = thus/so

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन; ‘ते’ = of you/your

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/nom or 2nd/acc) एकवचन; here as object-content ‘everything’

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘(has been) told/explained’

• धर्म: O Dharma
• धर्म: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative) एकवचन; address to ‘O Dharma’ (or ‘O righteous one’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात/अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis/indeed

• सत्यमन्दिरे: in Satyamandira
• सत्यमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य-मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘सत्यस्य मन्दिरम्’/‘सत्यं मन्दिरम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative) एकवचन; ‘in Satyamandira’

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative continuity into Adhyāya 12 where Vyāsa speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyamaṃdira / Satyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma (as directly addressed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm narrative closure: Vyāsa (or the narrator) concludes the account of Satyamaṃdira; the kṣetra is imagined as a luminous sanctum of Truth, serene and orderly.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Satyamaṃdira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is anchored in Satya (truth), and the Purāṇa frames sacred places like Satyamaṃdira as living embodiments of that principle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyamaṃdira, presented as a sanctified locale/abode associated with Truth within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative closure to the preceding account.