Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मुखेनोक्तं त्वयाद्यैवमनृतं च तथा शुभे । अपवित्रं मुखं तेऽस्तु सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतम्

Transliteration

mukhenoktaṃ tvayādyaivamanṛtaṃ ca tathā śubhe | apavitraṃ mukhaṃ te'stu sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtam

Translation

„O Schöne, da du mit deinem Mund solche Unwahrheit gesprochen hast, sei dein Mund unrein und von allem Dharma ausgeschlossen.“

Word by Word

• मुखेन: with the mouth
• मुखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उक्तम्: spoken
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today/now)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• अनृतम्: falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; स्त्री-सम्बोधन (address)

• अपवित्रम्: impure
• अपवित्रम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (मुखम् इति)

• मुखम्: mouth
• मुखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive use), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्व-धर्म-बहिष्कृतम्: excluded from all dharmas
• सर्व-धर्म-बहिष्कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त; बहिस् + √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (मुखम् इति)

Speaker

The assembled gods (Devas) addressing Surabhī (from immediate context of cursing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The curse is pronounced directly: Surabhī is addressed as ‘śubhe’; the focus is on the mouth as symbol of dharma—purity withdrawn due to untruth; devas’ faces are stern yet instructive.

Characters & Entities

• Surabhī
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech is sacred; lying corrupts one’s ritual and moral standing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is praised in this verse; it is an ethical pronouncement within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, exclusion from dharmic rites due to impurity caused by false speech.