Skanda Upanishad 10: Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथान्तरं न भेदाः स्युः शिवकेशवयोस्तथा । देहो देवालयः प्रोक्तः स जीवः केवलः शिवः ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । अन्तरम् । न । भेदाः । स्युः । शिव-केशवयोः । तथा । देहः । देव-आलयः । प्रोक्तः । सः । जीवः । केवलः । शिवः ॥१०॥

Sanskrit recitationSkanda Upanishad 10

IAST Transliteration

yathāntaraṃ na bhedāḥ syuḥ śiva-keśavayostathā | deho devālayaḥ proktaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ ||10||

Translation

Wie es im Innersten keinen Unterschied zwischen Śiva und Keśava gibt, so wird auch der Leib als Tempel Gottes verkündet; und der jīva ist einzig Śiva.

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Academic Translation

Just as there would be no differences within Śiva and Keśava, so (too) the body is declared to be a temple of God; that individual self (jīva) is solely Śiva.

Verse Context

• Abheda (non-difference) of Jīva and Śiva/Brahman; deha as devālaya
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘tat tvam asi’ and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by asserting non-difference of the indwelling self and the Supreme (Śiva).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)