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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

साधुवाप्यथवाऽसाधु प्रमाणं नः श्रुतिः परा । एवमुक्ते स च नरः प्रहसन्दक्षिणेन च

Transliteration

sādhuvāpyathavā'sādhu pramāṇaṃ naḥ śrutiḥ parā | evamukte sa ca naraḥ prahasandakṣiṇena ca

Translation

Que cela paraisse convenable ou non, pour nous l’autorité suprême est la Śruti, la Révélation sacrée. À ces mots, cet homme éclata de rire, tout en faisant un geste de la main droite.

Word by Word
साधुproper, right
साधु:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; विशेषणरूपेण (indeclinable-like adjectival use), अर्थतः ‘सत्/उचितम्’
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)
अथवाor else
अथवा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (alternative: ‘or else’)
असाधुimproper, wrong
असाधु:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; विशेषणरूपेण (indeclinable-like adjectival use), अर्थतः ‘अयुक्तम्/असत्’
प्रमाणम्authority, valid means (of knowledge)
प्रमाणम्:
Karma/Predicative (Object/Predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc. sg.)
नःour/of us
नः:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural: ‘of us/our’)
श्रुतिःŚruti (Vedic revelation)
श्रुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom. sg.)
पराsupreme, highest
परा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom. sg.); श्रुतिः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formरीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)
उक्तेwhen (it was) said
उक्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative sg. neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; ‘एवम् उक्ते’ = ‘when this was said’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom. sg.)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: ‘and’)
नरःman
नरः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom. sg.)
प्रहसन्laughing
प्रहसन्:
Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-हस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त) → प्रहसत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle); ‘laughing’
दक्षिणेनwith the right (hand/side)
दक्षिणेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental sg. neuter); ‘with the right (hand/side)’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed brāhmaṇa asserts śruti’s supremacy; an opposing man responds with a mocking laugh and a right-hand gesture, foreshadowing a display of power.

FAQs

Dharma is to be measured by śruti (revelation), not by shifting personal likes or social persuasion.

No specific sacred site is named in this verse; it frames a debate on authority in dharma.

None; the verse establishes śruti as the guiding standard in deciding right practice.

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