Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

अवश्यं न च ते भावी मृत्युः सत्यात्कथंचन । प्रमाणं यदि सत्यं हि व्रज पंथाः शिवोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

avaśyaṃ na ca te bhāvī mṛtyuḥ satyātkathaṃcana | pramāṇaṃ yadi satyaṃ hi vraja paṃthāḥ śivo'stu te

Translation

നിന്റെ സത്യനിഷ്ഠ കാരണം നിനക്ക് എങ്ങനെയും മരണം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല—ഇത് നിശ്ചയം. സത്യമേ പ്രമാണമെങ്കിൽ, നീ നിന്റെ പാതയിൽ പോകുക; നിനക്ക് ശിവമംഗലം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: certainly
• अवश्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: certainly/inevitably)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (and)

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

• भावी: going to happen
• भावी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle used adjectivally: 'to be'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (of मृत्युः)

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सत्यात्: from truth / due to truth
• सत्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कथंचन: at all
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: in any way/at all)

• प्रमाणम्: proof/authority
• प्रमाणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction: if)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal)

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पन्थाः: the path
• पन्थाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्थान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (वैकल्पिक-रूपम्: पन्थानम्)

• शिवः: auspicious
• शिवः: Visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (of implied 'भवतु')

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Vayasyāḥ (Kapilā’s companions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kapilā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Companions reassure Kapilā that death cannot touch her due to truth; they bless her journey with ‘śivo’stu te’ as she steps onto the forest path.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā
• Satya
• Śiva (as auspiciousness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is presented as a living spiritual power that safeguards the truthful and guides their journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-teaching within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse offers a blessing and confidence grounded in satya.