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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

अज्ञानाद्यदिवा ज्ञानान्मया यद्व्याहृतं वचः । तत्तथैव न संदेहस्तस्मान्मौनं गुरो कुरु

Transliteration

ajñānādyadivā jñānānmayā yadvyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ | tattathaiva na saṃdehastasmānmaunaṃ guro kuru

Translation

Que j’aie prononcé ces paroles par ignorance ou par connaissance véritable, elles sont exactement ainsi, sans aucun doute. C’est pourquoi, ô Guru, observe le silence et ne conteste pas.

Word by Word
अज्ञानात्from ignorance, out of ignorance
अज्ञानात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन
यद्whatever
यद्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.); एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
इवas if, as it were
इव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमासूचक (particle of comparison/like, as if)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive/or)
ज्ञानात्from knowledge, knowingly
ज्ञानात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
व्याहृतम्uttered, spoken out
व्याहृतम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + आ + हृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण
वचःspeech, words
वचः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; संकेत (correlative pronoun)
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner: thus)
एवindeed, exactly
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/indeed)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation)
संदेहःdoubt
संदेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
तस्मात्therefore, from that
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore)
मौनम्silence
मौनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमौन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
गुरोof the guru / O guru
गुरो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (used as address 'O guru')
कुरुdo, make, observe
कुरु:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Śiṣya (disciple, speaking to his guru)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The disciple speaks forcefully yet formally, palms still joined; the guru listens, composed, with a slight raised hand suggesting restraint or impending reply.

FAQs

Speech should be restrained; when truth is asserted, the disciple urges non-contention and the discipline of silence (mauna).

This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.

Mauna (observing silence) is advised as a discipline rather than a formal rite like snāna or dāna.

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