Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
Devanagari script
सुहृदामेष वै धर्मः सुहृद्भिः सह संगतिम् । कुर्वंति यन्महादेव सुहृदां प्रीतिवर्धिनीम्
Transliteration
suhṛdāmeṣa vai dharmaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ saha saṃgatim | kurvaṃti yanmahādeva suhṛdāṃ prītivardhinīm
Translation
«Tel est, en vérité, le dharma des amis, ô Mahādeva : demeurer en compagnie des amis, afin d’accroître l’affection entre les cœurs bienveillants.»
Word by Word
सुहृदाम्of friends / well-wishers
सुहृदाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
वैindeed
वै:
Nipāta (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/उपपद (emphatic particle)
धर्मःduty / proper conduct
धर्मः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सुहृद्भिःwith friends
सुहृद्भिः:
Sahakāraka (Association/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Saha (Accompaniment marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition-like indeclinable)
संगतिम्association / meeting
संगतिम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसंगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
कुर्वन्तिthey do / make
कुर्वन्ति:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
यत्which / that
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभावे/सम्बन्धे; यत्-शब्दः सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
महादेवO Mahādeva
महादेव:
Sambodhana (Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (महान् देवः)
सुहृदाम्of friends
सुहृदाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
प्रीतिवर्धिनीम्that which increases affection
प्रीतिवर्धिनीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रीतिं वर्धयति इति) विशेषण
Speaker
Satyā
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: (ṛṣis/audience, implicit)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Satī articulates a principle of friendship and companionship to Mahādeva; the scene is calm, didactic, with Satī speaking gently, Śiva listening thoughtfully.
Characters & Entities
S
SatyāM
Mahādeva (Śiva)FAQs
Dharma includes relational duty: honoring bonds and sustaining goodwill is itself a form of righteous conduct.
None; this is a general dharmic argument within the narrative.
None.