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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

सत्यं वाच्यं नित्यमैत्रेण भाव्यं कार्यं त्याज्यं नित्यमायासकारि । लोकेऽमुष्मिन्यद्दिनं स्यात्तथास्मिन्नात्मा योगे येजनीयो गभीरैः

Transliteration

satyaṃ vācyaṃ nityamaitreṇa bhāvyaṃ kāryaṃ tyājyaṃ nityamāyāsakāri | loke'muṣminyaddinaṃ syāttathāsminnātmā yoge yejanīyo gabhīraiḥ

Translation

ନିତ୍ୟ ସତ୍ୟ କହିବା ଉଚିତ, ସଦା ମୈତ୍ରୀଭାବ ଧାରଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ଯେ କର୍ମ ସଦା କ୍ଲେଶ ଓ ଉଦ୍ବେଗ ଆଣେ, ତାହା ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ଦିନ ଯେପରି ଯାଏ, ସେପରି ପରଲୋକ ଗଢ଼ିଉଠେ; ତେଣୁ ଜ୍ଞାନୀମାନେ ଗଭୀର ଯୋଗଦ୍ୱାରା ଆତ୍ମାର ପୂଜା କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word
satyamtruth
satyam:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsatya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण ‘truth’ (to be spoken)
vācyamto be spoken
vācyam:
Kriyā (Predicate; injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु) + यत् (gerundive)
Formयत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be spoken’
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnityam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक (always)
maitreṇawith friendliness
maitreṇa:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootmaitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन: ‘with friendliness’
bhāvyamto be cultivated
bhāvyam:
Kriyā (Predicate; injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) + यत् (gerundive)
Formयत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be cultivated/maintained’
kāryamto be done
kāryam:
Kriyā (Predicate; injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु) + यत् (gerundive)
Formयत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be done’
tyājyamto be abandoned
tyājyam:
Kriyā (Predicate; injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√tyaj (धातु) + यat (gerundive)
Formयत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be abandoned’
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnityam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक (always)
āyāsa-kāritoil-causing
āyāsa-kāri:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootāyāsa + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय: ‘effort-causing’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (that which causes toil)
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
amuṣminin that (world)
amuṣmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)
yatwhich/that
yat:
Sambandha (Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
dinamday
dinam:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
syātmay be / should be
syāt:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (so/likewise)
asminin this (world)
asmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (in this)
ātmāthe self
ātmā:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
yogein yoga
yoge:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
yejanīyaḥto be worshipped
yejanīyaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate; injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु) + अनीयर्
Formअनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘worthy/fit to be worshipped’
gabhīraiḥby the profound (people)
gabhīraiḥ:
Karta (Agent/Doer)
TypeAdjective
Rootgabhīra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण of implied ‘persons’ (deep/serious ones)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm yogin seated in meditation at dawn; around him faint symbolic scenes: truthful speech as a clear stream, friendliness as open hands, and discarded burdens representing abandoned agitation; a subtle path leading from ‘today’ to ‘beyond’.

FAQs

Speak truth, cultivate goodwill, avoid harmful agitation, and worship the Self through profound yoga.

None; it presents universal ethical and yogic instruction.

Not a site-ritual; it prescribes satya, maitri, renunciation of distressing acts, and yogic inner worship.

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