Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यदि धर्मस्तथा सत्यमीश्वरोऽत्र जगत्त्रये । कोशपानात्फलं सद्यो द्रक्ष्याम्यस्मि शुभा शुभम्

Transliteration

yadi dharmastathā satyamīśvaro'tra jagattraye | kośapānātphalaṃ sadyo drakṣyāmyasmi śubhā śubham

Translation

ధర్మం, సత్యం నిజంగా నిలిచివుంటే, త్రిలోకాల్లో ఇక్కడ ఈశ్వరుని పాలన ఉంటే—ఈ కోశ (కలశ) జలాన్ని త్రాగిన వెంటనే నేను శుభమో అశుభమో ఫలాన్ని చూస్తాను.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• धर्मः: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रयस्य जगत्)

• कोशपानात्: from drinking (the contents) of the vessel/sheath
• कोशपानात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोशस्य पानम्)

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्रक्ष्यामि: I shall see
• द्रक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• शुभ: auspicious (thing)
• शुभ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (used substantively)

• अशुभम्: inauspicious (thing)
• अशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (used substantively)

Speaker

A devotee/ritual participant (first-person vow-like statement; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a liṅga holding a consecrated vessel, eyes intense, uttering a vow invoking Dharma, Satya, and Īśvara; attendants watch in suspense as he prepares to drink.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Satya
• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and Truth are invoked as cosmic witnesses: sacred acts are believed to yield discernible results aligned with one’s merit or fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the moral immediacy of ritual consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kośa-pāna—drinking the consecrated water—presented as a means by which auspicious or inauspicious fruit becomes immediately evident.