Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तच्चापि वाक्यं त्रिविधं भवेदिति श्रुतेर्मतम् । प्रभुसम्मतमेकं च सुहृत्संमतमेव च

Transliteration

taccāpi vākyaṃ trividhaṃ bhavediti śrutermatam | prabhusammatamekaṃ ca suhṛtsaṃmatameva ca

Translation

श्रुतीच्या मताने ते वाक्यही त्रिविध मानले आहे—एक प्रभु/स्वामीस संमत, आणि दुसरे सुहृद् (हितैषी मित्र) संमत।

Word by Word

• tat: that (statement/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• vākyam: statement, utterance
• vākyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• trividham: threefold
• trividham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• bhavet: may be, should be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• śruteḥ: of Śruti (Veda)
• śruteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• matam: opinion, view
• matam: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mata (प्रातिपदिक; √man (मन्) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used as noun)

• prabhu-sammatam: approved by the master
• prabhu-sammatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sammata (प्रातिपदिक; √man (मन्) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• ekam: one (kind)
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• suhṛt-sammatam: approved by a friend
• suhṛt-sammatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suhṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + sammata (प्रातिपदिक; √man (मन्) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: a guru-like figure enumerates three kinds of authoritative speech, with palm-leaf manuscripts of Śruti/Smṛti and Purāṇa visible, indicating graded authority.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech has dharmic categories; the authority and intention behind words shape their moral and spiritual weight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a teaching on the nature of vākya (utterance).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse classifies speech rather than prescribing a rite.