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Skanda Upanishad 1: Verse 1

अच्युतोऽस्मि महादेव तव कारुण्यलेशतः । विज्ञानघन एवास्मि शिवोऽस्मि किमतः परम् ॥१॥

अच्युतः । अस्मि । महा-देव । तव । कारुण्य-लेशतः । विज्ञान-घनः । एव । अस्मि । शिवः । अस्मि । किम् । अतः । परम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationSkanda Upanishad 1

acyuto’smi mahādeva tava kāruṇyaleśataḥ | vijñānaghana evāsmi śivo’smi kim ataḥ param ||1||

अच्युतोऽस्मि महादेव तव कारुण्यलेशतः। विज्ञानघन एवास्मि शिवोऽस्मि किमतः परम्॥

I am Acyuta (the imperishable), O Mahādeva, by a mere particle of your compassion. I am indeed a mass of consciousness; I am Śiva—what is beyond this?

Ātman–Brahman identity; anugraha (grace) as the occasion for aparokṣa-jñānaMahavakya: Aligns with «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि» (Aham brahmāsmi) and «तत् त्वम् असि» (Tat tvam asi) by asserting direct identity with the Absolute (Śiva/Brahman).AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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