Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इदं सत्यं वदामीति ब्रुवन्साक्षी भवान्यतः । शुभाशुभफलं देहि शुचिः पादौ रवेः स्वृशेत्

Transliteration

idaṃ satyaṃ vadāmīti bruvansākṣī bhavānyataḥ | śubhāśubhaphalaṃ dehi śuciḥ pādau raveḥ svṛśet

Translation

「われはこの真実を語る」と唱え、神々を証人として自らも証人となれ。身を清め、アーディティヤ（太陽神）の御足に触れて祈れ――「我が言の真に応じ、善であれ悪であれ、その果報を授け給え」。

Word by Word

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सत्यं: truth
• सत्यं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वदामि: I speak/say
• वदामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative)

• ब्रुवन्: saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षी: witness
• साक्षी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific pronoun)

• यतः: since/because
• यतः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal indeclinable: since/because)

• शुभाशुभफलं: the fruit (result) of good and bad (deeds)
• शुभाशुभफलं: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (शुभं च अशुभं च) + तत्पुरुष (शुभाशुभयोः फलम्)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• पादौ: (two) feet
• पादौ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्पृशेत्: should touch
• स्पृशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-sākṣitva (implicit solar tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, a purified person stands with folded hands, declaring truth; the radiant Sun is anthropomorphized with lotus-feet; the devotee symbolically touches/adores those feet, asking for the rightful फल.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful testimony is sacred; invoking the Sun emphasizes that cosmic order supports and judges speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on Sūrya as a universal divine witness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of oath-taking: while declaring truth, remain pure and touch the Sun’s feet (symbolically/ritually) while accepting the karmic outcome.