Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सत्यानृते तु वचने पणस्तव ममैव तु । सहस्रं चैव वर्षाणां दास्यहं तव मन्दिरे

Transliteration

satyānṛte tu vacane paṇastava mamaiva tu | sahasraṃ caiva varṣāṇāṃ dāsyahaṃ tava mandire

Translation

സത്യം-അസത്യം വചനങ്ങളുടെ ഈ പന്തയം നിനക്കും എനിക്കും ഇടയിൽ പണമായിരിക്കട്ടെ; പൂർണ്ണമായ ആയിരം വർഷം ഞാൻ നിന്റെ ഭവനത്തിൽ ദാസിയായി സേവിക്കും।

Word by Word

• सत्यानृते: in truth and untruth
• सत्यानृते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन; समासः—सत्य + अनृत (द्वन्द्व)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• वचने: in the statement
• वचने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पणः: the wager
• पणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (परिमाण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• दास्य: I will give
• दास्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मन्दिरे: in (your) house
• मन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vinatā (deduced from narrative context of Kadrū–Vinatā wager)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The two sisters formalize a wager: truth vs falsehood; the penalty is a thousand-year servitude—an austere, fate-sealing moment.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech binds: a vow or wager made on truth carries real karmic consequence and must be honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is directly praised in this verse; it is a dharma-narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns a moral pledge (paṇa) rather than a rite like snāna, dāna, or japa.