Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अहं सदा भावयुक्त आत्मसंस्थो निरंतरः । जंगमाजंगमानां च सत्यं प्रति वदामि ते

Transliteration

ahaṃ sadā bhāvayukta ātmasaṃstho niraṃtaraḥ | jaṃgamājaṃgamānāṃ ca satyaṃ prati vadāmi te

Translation

Ich bin stets mit reinem Sein vereint, ununterbrochen im Selbst gegründet. Dir spreche ich die Wahrheit über das Bewegte und das Unbewegte.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• bhāva-yuktaḥ: endowed with (right) feeling/attitude
• bhāva-yuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• ātma-saṃsthaḥ: abiding in the Self
• ātma-saṃsthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstha (कृदन्त; √sthā (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग, क्त/स्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• niraṃtaraḥ: uninterrupted; continuous
• niraṃtaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niraṃtara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• jaṃgama-ajaṃgamānām: of the moving and the unmoving (beings)
• jaṃgama-ajaṃgamānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक) + ajaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (moving and unmoving beings)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वाक्यकर्म (object of speech)

• prati: towards; regarding
• prati: Sambandha (Relational adjunct/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition-like; towards/with regard to)

• vadāmi: I speak
• vadāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

Speaker

Unspecified (first-person realized voice addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a questioning devotee/seeker

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher seated in yogic posture, one hand in jñāna-mudrā, addressing a listener; around them, animals, trees, and mountains subtly respond, indicating the teaching covers jaṅgama and ajaṅgama.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṅgama
• Ajaṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is spoken from Self-abidance; realization perceives one principle underlying all forms—mobile and immobile.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context frames the teaching, but the verse itself is a universal metaphysical statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.