Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
सौक्ष्म्यं संख्याक्रमश्चापि निर्णयः सप्रयोजनः । पंचैतान्यर्थजातानि यत्र तद्वाक्यमुच्यते
saukṣmyaṃ saṃkhyākramaścāpi nirṇayaḥ saprayojanaḥ | paṃcaitānyarthajātāni yatra tadvākyamucyate
जहाँ सूक्ष्मता, सम्यक् संख्या, क्रमबद्धता, स्पष्ट विनिर्णय और प्रयोजन—ये पाँच अर्थ-तत्त्व उपस्थित हों, वही वाक्य (सुस्थित कथन) कहलाता है।
Satyavrata
Listener: General audience/ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A seated guru expounds the five marks of a well-formed statement to attentive disciples, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a stylized pañca (five) motif behind him.
FAQs
Dharma-teaching should be purposeful, precise, ordered, and conclusive—clarity itself is treated as a virtue.
No holy site is referenced in this verse; it defines qualities of sound instruction.
None; the verse gives a framework for how dharma should be articulated.