Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

उद्यमं कृतवानस्मि न सिद्ध्येन्मंदभाग्यतः । आयातु सत्यवाक्यान्मे मा बिभेतु वनेचरः

Transliteration

udyamaṃ kṛtavānasmi na siddhyenmaṃdabhāgyataḥ | āyātu satyavākyānme mā bibhetu vanecaraḥ

Translation

「努めは尽くしたが、薄い運命ゆえ成就しない。わが真実の言葉の力によって、森に住む者よ戻れ。私を恐れることがないように。」

Word by Word

• उद्यमम्: effort
• उद्यमम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृतवान्: having done, did
• कृतवान्: Karta (Agent, with auxiliary)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु/परिप्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √कृ

• अस्मि: I am (i.e., I have done)
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; सहायक-क्रिया (auxiliary)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• सिद्ध्येत्: would succeed
• सिद्ध्येत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; √सिध् (to succeed)

• मन्द-भाग्यतः: because of ill fortune
• मन्द-भाग्यतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; ablative used adverbially

• आयातु: let (him) come
• आयातु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √या with उपसर्ग आ-

• सत्य-वाक्यात्: from (his) truthful words / due to truthfulness
• सत्य-वाक्यात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सत्यं वाक्यम्’

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• मा: do not
• मा: Negation (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• बिभेतु: let (him) fear
• बिभेतु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; √भी (to fear)

• वनेचरः: the forest-dweller
• वनेचरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनेचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Skanda relating to Agastya; speaker within the story: the son invoking satya-vāk)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (peripheral araṇya context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man prays that the forest-dweller return through the power of his truthful words, assuring he should not fear; the scene is set at the edge of wilderness.

Characters & Entities

• vanecara (forest-dweller)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful speech (satya) is portrayed as spiritually efficacious and protective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow-like reliance on satya-vāk is implied; no formal ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is specified.