Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सौक्ष्म्यं संख्याक्रमश्चापि निर्णयः सप्रयोजनः । पंचैतान्यर्थजातानि यत्र तद्वाक्यमुच्यते

Transliteration

saukṣmyaṃ saṃkhyākramaścāpi nirṇayaḥ saprayojanaḥ | paṃcaitānyarthajātāni yatra tadvākyamucyate

Translation

Kehalusan, penghitungan yang tepat, susunan yang teratur, penentuan yang jelas, serta tujuan yang dinyatakan—di mana lima makna ini hadir, itulah yang disebut suatu pernyataan yang sempurna.

Word by Word

• सौक्ष्म्यम्: subtlety
• सौक्ष्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौक्ष्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• संख्याक्रमः: order/sequence of enumeration
• संख्याक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/particle: 'and')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• निर्णयः: determination; conclusion
• निर्णयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्रयोजनः: having a purpose; purposeful
• सप्रयोजनः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective); (अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः)

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• अर्थजातानि: classes/categories of meanings
• अर्थजातानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यत्र: wherein
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where/wherein')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• वाक्यम्: sentence; statement
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उच्यते: is said/called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

Speaker

Satyavrata

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience/ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated guru expounds the five marks of a well-formed statement to attentive disciples, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a stylized pañca (five) motif behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Satyavrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-teaching should be purposeful, precise, ordered, and conclusive—clarity itself is treated as a virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is referenced in this verse; it defines qualities of sound instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse gives a framework for how dharma should be articulated.