Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

अवश्यं न च ते भावी मृत्युः सत्यात्कथंचन । प्रमाणं यदि सत्यं हि व्रज पंथाः शिवोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

avaśyaṃ na ca te bhāvī mṛtyuḥ satyātkathaṃcana | pramāṇaṃ yadi satyaṃ hi vraja paṃthāḥ śivo'stu te

Translation

Surely, because of your truthfulness, death will not befall you in any way. If Truth is indeed the proof and authority, then go on your path—may auspiciousness be yours.

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: certainly
• अवश्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: certainly/inevitably)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

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

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

• भावी: going to happen
• भावी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle used adjectivally: 'to be'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (of मृत्युः)

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सत्यात्: from truth / due to truth
• सत्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कथंचन: at all
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: in any way/at all)

• प्रमाणम्: proof/authority
• प्रमाणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction: if)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal)

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पन्थाः: the path
• पन्थाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्थान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (वैकल्पिक-रूपम्: पन्थानम्)

• शिवः: auspicious
• शिवः: Visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (of implied 'भवतु')

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Vayasyāḥ (Kapilā’s companions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kapilā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Companions reassure Kapilā that death cannot touch her due to truth; they bless her journey with ‘śivo’stu te’ as she steps onto the forest path.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā
• Satya
• Śiva (as auspiciousness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is presented as a living spiritual power that safeguards the truthful and guides their journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-teaching within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse offers a blessing and confidence grounded in satya.