Skanda Upanishad 10 - Verse 10

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Skanda Upanishad: Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथान्तरं न भेदाः स्युः शिवकेशवयोस्तथा । देहो देवालयः प्रोक्तः स जीवः केवलः शिवः ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यथा । अन्तरम् । न । भेदाः । स्युः । शिव-केशवयोः । तथा । देहः । देव-आलयः । प्रोक्तः । सः । जीवः । केवलः । शिवः ॥१०॥

Recitation with translationSkanda Upanishad 10

IAST Transliteration

yathāntaraṃ na bhedāḥ syuḥ śiva-keśavayostathā | deho devālayaḥ proktaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ ||10||

Translation

जसे शिव आणि केशव यांच्यात अंतःकरणी भेद नाही, तसेच हे देह देवालय म्हणून सांगितले आहे; तोच जीव खरोखर केवळ शिव आहे।

Academic Translation

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.

Word by Word

yathājust as

antaraṃinner difference; within

nanot

bhedāḥdifferences

syuḥwould be / should be

śiva-keśavayoḥof Śiva and Keśava

tathāso; likewise

dehaḥthe body

devālayaḥ(is) a temple of God

proktaḥis said; is declared

saḥthat; he

jīvaḥthe jīva (individual self)

kevalaḥalone; pure; only

śivaḥŚiva

Sandhi Notes

yathā + antaraṃ → yathāntaraṃ
śiva + keśavayoḥ → śiva-keśavayoḥ (dvandva compound, hyphenated in IAST)
no other mandatory sandhi beyond standard external combination

Verse Context

Abheda (non-difference) of Jīva and Śiva/Brahman; deha as devālayaMahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘tat tvam asi’ and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by asserting non-difference of the indwelling self and the Supreme (Śiva).AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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