Skanda Upanishad: Verse 10
यथान्तरं न भेदाः स्युः शिवकेशवयोस्तथा । देहो देवालयः प्रोक्तः स जीवः केवलः शिवः ॥१०॥
यथा । अन्तरम् । न । भेदाः । स्युः । शिव-केशवयोः । तथा । देहः । देव-आलयः । प्रोक्तः । सः । जीवः । केवलः । शिवः ॥१०॥
yathāntaraṃ na bhedāḥ syuḥ śiva-keśavayostathā | deho devālayaḥ proktaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ ||10||
ശിവനും കേശവനും തമ്മിൽ അന്തർഭേദമില്ലാത്തതുപോലെ, ദേഹം ദേവാലയമെന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ആ ജീവൻ തന്നേ ഏകമായി ശിവസ്വരൂപൻ.
Just as there would be no differences within Śiva and Keśava, so (too) the body is declared to be a temple of God; that individual self (jīva) is solely Śiva.
- yathā + antaraṃ → yathāntaraṃ
- śiva + keśavayoḥ → śiva-keśavayoḥ (dvandva compound, hyphenated in IAST)
- no other mandatory sandhi beyond standard external combination
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Abheda (non-difference) of Jīva and Śiva/Brahman; deha as devālaya
- The mahavakyas
- Supports the purport of ‘tat tvam asi’ and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by asserting non-difference of the indwelling self and the Supreme (Śiva).
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Deha-devālaya bhāvanā (body-as-temple contemplation); non-sectarian īśvara-bhāva; nididhyāsana on the identity of the witnessing consciousness with Śiva; supports pratyāhāra by sacralizing embodied life without body-identification.
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