Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

एवं मे ज्ञानमुत्पन्नं प्रकारैः षड्भिरेव च । एभिर्लोकोत्तरं ज्ञानं युष्मत्प्रत्ययकारकम्

Transliteration

evaṃ me jñānamutpannaṃ prakāraiḥ ṣaḍbhireva ca | ebhirlokottaraṃ jñānaṃ yuṣmatpratyayakārakam

Translation

Ainsi, en moi naquit la connaissance par précisément six modes. Par eux fut établie une connaissance supramondaine, qui fait naître en vous la ferme conviction.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• utpannam: arose
• utpannam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√pad (उत्पद्/पद्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘arisen/produced’

• prakāraiḥ: by means of methods
• prakāraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/उपायवाचक

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: by six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (षट्-संख्यावाचक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (prakāraiḥ इत्यस्य)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• ebhiḥ: by these
• ebhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• loka-uttaram: transcendent, beyond the world
• loka-uttaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (jñānam इत्यस्य); तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकात् उत्तरम्/लोकस्य उत्तरम् = ‘beyond the world’)

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yuṣmat-pratyaya-kārakam: producing your conviction
• yuṣmat-pratyaya-kārakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuṣmat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (jñānam इत्यस्य); तत्पुरुष-समास (युष्माकं प्रत्ययः यस्मात् तत्—‘causing your conviction’)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator (first-person voice addressing brāhmaṇas); framed later by Sūta’s narration in this section

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (yūṣmat-pratyaya-kārakam)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher enumerating six ‘modes’ with hand gestures, six symbolic emblems arranged around (lamp, mirror, rosary, scripture, water-pot, staff), with listeners gaining visible conviction and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual certainty is portrayed as grounded in discernible disciplines or ‘modes’ that culminate in lokottara-jñāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse refers to ‘six modes’ of arising knowledge but does not list them here as a ritual prescription.