Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अत एव हि साधृनां संगमिच्छंति साधवः । औषधं सर्वदोषाणां भवेत्सत्यं गमो यतः

Transliteration

ata eva hi sādhṛnāṃ saṃgamicchaṃti sādhavaḥ | auṣadhaṃ sarvadoṣāṇāṃ bhavetsatyaṃ gamo yataḥ

Translation

Darum suchen die Tugendhaften die Gemeinschaft der Tugendhaften; denn aus solcher Nähe erwächst ein wahrhaftiger Lebensweg, der zum Heilmittel gegen alle Fehler wird.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Causal link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; reason/emphasis)

• साधूनाम्: of the good (people)
• साधूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• सङ्गम्: association, meeting
• सङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• इच्छन्ति: desire
• इच्छन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — they desire

• साधवः: the virtuous people
• साधवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• औषधम्: medicine, remedy
• औषधम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• सर्व-दोषाणाम्: of all faults
• सर्व-दोषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• भवेत्: may be, becomes
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — would be/may be

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Pradhāna (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular (predicate-noun)

• गमः: going, approach
• गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• यतः: because, since
• यतः: Sambandha (Causal/Relative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘because/from which’)

Speaker

Vijaya (continuing counsel/blessing to Barbarīka, per flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satsaṅga (as an inner tīrtha principle)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of serene sādhus seated together; a seeker approaches, and from their association a luminous path of truth is shown, symbolically curing dark stains (faults).

Characters & Entities

• Sādhus (the virtuous)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the righteous reforms character; it generates truthfulness and cures moral failings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular sacred place is mentioned; the verse teaches general dharma through sādhu-saṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ‘prescription’ here is ethical and social: seek holy company and cultivate satya (truthfulness).