Skanda Upanishad 4: Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चिज्जडानां तु यो द्रष्टा सोऽच्युतो ज्ञानविग्रहः । स एव हि महादेवः स एव हि महाहरिः ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

चित्-जडानाम् तु यः द्रष्टा सः अच्युतः ज्ञान-विग्रहः । सः एव हि महा-देवः सः एव हि महा-हरिः ॥४॥

Sanskrit recitationSkanda Upanishad 4

IAST Transliteration

cijjaḍānāṃ tu yo draṣṭā so 'cyuto jñānavigrahaḥ | sa eva hi mahādevaḥ sa eva hi mahāhariḥ ||4||

Translation

ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດເປັນຜູ້ເຫັນເປັນພະຍານ (ດຣັສຕາ) ຕໍ່ທັງສິ່ງມີຈິດ ແລະ ສິ່ງເຉື່ອຍ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນແມ່ນ ອະຈຸຕະ ຜູ້ບໍ່ເສື່ອມສູນ ຜູ້ມີຮູບເປັນຍານ. ທ່ານນັ້ນແທ້ແມ່ນ ມະຫາເທວະ; ທ່ານນັ້ນແທ້ແມ່ນ ມະຫາຫຣິ.

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Academic Translation

But he who is the seer (witness) of the conscious and the inert—he is the imperishable (Acyuta), whose very form is knowledge. He alone indeed is Mahādeva; he alone indeed is Mahāhari.

Verse Context

• Sākṣī-caitanya (witness-consciousness) and non-dual identity of Īśvara/Brahman beyond sectarian forms
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘aham brahmāsmi’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ by identifying the witnessing Self as the one reality appearing as Śiva/Viṣṇu.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)