Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

आस्तां हि दर्शनं तावत्सत्यमेतन्मयोदिम्

Transliteration

āstāṃ hi darśanaṃ tāvatsatyametanmayodim

Translation

‘ദർശനം’ എന്ന കാര്യം ഇപ്പോൾ വിട്ടേക്കുക; ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞത് സത്യമത്രേ.

Word by Word

• आस्ताम्: let it be, enough
• आस्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थे ‘let it be/so be it’

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• दर्शनम्: seeing, meeting
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (topic)

• तावत्: so much, for the moment
• तावत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so much/for now)

• सत्यम्: truth, true (thing)
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate: true)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (this)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उदितम्: spoken, uttered
• उदितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used predicatively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

Speaker

Baka (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ghṛtakambala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker raises a hand in gentle restraint, postponing the ‘darśana’ point and affirming truth; listeners settle into attentive silence.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Satya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching values satya (truthfulness) as the foundation of sacred narration; spiritual authority rests on truth, not mere claims of experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse does not name a tīrtha, but the surrounding adhyāya belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya praising a Śaiva sacred setting linked with Jāgeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as a narrative pivot affirming truthful testimony.