Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
इति स्कन्द विजानाति स मद्भक्तोन्यथा न हि
Transliteration
iti skanda vijānāti sa madbhaktonyathā na hi
Translation
Ainsi Skanda comprend-il ; il est Mon dévot, assurément et nullement autrement.
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/thus)
स्कन्दSkanda
स्कन्द:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootskanda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
विजानातिknows clearly
विजानाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√ज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
मद्भक्तःmy devotee
मद्भक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम भक्तः)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)
Speaker
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Skanda
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A calm doctrinal moment: Śiva (or the supreme speaker) affirms Skanda’s understanding and marks him as the true devotee; the setting is austere, with a sense of initiation into sacred duty.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaM
Maheśvara (Śiva)FAQs
Right understanding aligned with divine teaching is itself a sign of genuine devotion.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; the verse affirms correct knowledge and devotion.