Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

नैवानृतं विजानीहि सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

naivānṛtaṃ vijānīhi satyametanmayoditam

Translation

ഇത് അസത്യമെന്ന് കരുതരുത്; ഞാൻ ഉച്ചരിച്ചതെല്ലാം സത്യമാണ്.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अनृतम्: falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विजानीहि: know/understand
• विजानीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• उदितम्: spoken/uttered
• उदितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (कृदन्त; वद्/उद्+वद् भावे—‘उद्’ as prefix; here ‘said/uttered’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Kapilā (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Likely) a royal/ṛṣi interlocutor within Arbuda narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator asserts solemn truth, hand raised in assurance, as listeners attend in a forest-kshetra setting.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā
• Satya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is affirmed as sacred speech; a dharmic statement is made with clarity and moral certainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; it is a direct satya-pratijñā (truth-assertion) within the story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a solemn verification of truthful speech.