Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

बुद्ध्याद्यैरेव मुक्तिः स्यादेतैरेव च यातना

Transliteration

buddhyādyaireva muktiḥ syādetaireva ca yātanā

Translation

બુદ્ધિ આદિ આ જ તત્ત્વોથી નિશ્ચિત મુક્તિ થાય છે; અને આ જ તત્ત્વો વિપરીત બને તો યાતના તથા દુઃખ પણ ઉપજે છે.

Word by Word

• बुद्ध्याद्यैः: by intellect and the rest (faculties)
• बुद्ध्याद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-समाहार (collective sense), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—बुद्ध्यादि (आदि-तत्पुरुषः: ‘बुद्धिः आदिः येषां/यत्र’)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be/is possible
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यातना: torment/punishment
• यातना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative yogin/pilgrim at a Shaiva shrine, with a split visual metaphor: the same inner flame illuminating a path to liberation on one side and casting shadows of suffering on the other; buddhi depicted as a lamp in the heart-lotus.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same inner instruments can free or bind—when guided by dharma and clarity they liberate, when clouded by guṇas they generate suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is a general spiritual principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it points to inner cultivation—right discernment and disciplined use of mind and intellect.