Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एवं ते निश्चियामासुर्नैमिषेया स्तपस्विनः । सत्यमेतच्च राजेंद्र ममापीदं मतं स्फुटम्

Transliteration

evaṃ te niściyāmāsurnaimiṣeyā stapasvinaḥ | satyametacca rājeṃdra mamāpīdaṃ mataṃ sphuṭam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നൈമിഷത്തിലെ തപസ്വിമുനിമാർ ഒരു നിശ്ചയത്തിലെത്തി। ‘ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ, ഇതുതന്നെ സത്യം; ഇതുതന്നെ എന്റെ വ്യക്തമായ അഭിപ്രായവും.’

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/रीत्यर्थे)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• niścayāmāsuḥ: they concluded / determined
• niścayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√ci (चि)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• naimiṣeyāḥ: the Naimiṣeya sages
• naimiṣeyāḥ: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naimiṣeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; जातिवाचक/निवासिवाचक

• tapasvinaḥ: ascetics
• tapasvinaḥ: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• satyam: true
• satyam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय/संयोजक)

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (राज्ञां इन्द्रः)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि—समुच्चय/अवधारण/अपि-‘also’)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• matam: opinion / view
• matam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mata (प्रातिपदिक; √man ‘to think’ इत्यस्य क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) भावे ‘मतम्’ = opinion

• sphuṭam: clearly
• sphuṭam: Kriya-Viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—स्पष्टतया)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (with an address to a king within the narrated dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm assembly of Naimiṣa ascetics concludes a debate; a narrator addresses a king, affirming: 'This is true; this is my clear view.'

Characters & Entities

• Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)
• Tapasvins (ascetics)
• Rājendra (a king, unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is affirmed through the clarity of realized sages and transmitted as a trustworthy conclusion within the purāṇic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naimiṣāraṇya is referenced as the sacred setting associated with austere sages and purāṇic recitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes doctrinal certainty and transmission of correct understanding.