Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79
Devanagari script
अस्ति चेत्तव संदेहो मद्वाक्येऽप्यनिवारिते । चित्रगुप्तं समाहूय प्रष्टव्योऽद्यैव मा चिरम्
Transliteration
asti cettava saṃdeho madvākye'pyanivārite | citraguptaṃ samāhūya praṣṭavyo'dyaiva mā ciram
Translation
“If you still have doubt—though my words are not to be set aside—then summon Citragupta and ask him this very day; do not delay.”
Word by Word
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
संदेहःdoubt
संदेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
मद्वाक्येin my statement
मद्वाक्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)
अनिवारितेnot refuted/undisproved
अनिवारिते:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन् + नि + वार् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकालिक-कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying madvākye)
चित्रगुप्तम्Citragupta
चित्रगुप्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्र + गुप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
समाहूयhaving summoned
समाहूय:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + हु (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done earlier)
प्रष्टव्यःshould be asked
प्रष्टव्यः:
Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + शस्/शृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
एवindeed, right away
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
माdo not
मा:
Sambandha (Prohibition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)
चिरम्for long
चिरम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: long time)
Speaker
Vīrabhadra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Yama
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Vīrabhadra, unwavering, tells Yama to summon Citragupta immediately and verify the matter, emphasizing urgency and the authority of cosmic records.
Characters & Entities
V
VīrabhadraC
CitraguptaY
YamaFAQs
Dharma is portrayed as orderly and accountable—karmic outcomes are ‘recorded’ and can be verified within the cosmic administration.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None; it refers to inquiry and verification via Citragupta.