Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अहं सदा भावयुक्त आत्मसंस्थो निरंतरः । जंगमाजंगमानां च सत्यं प्रति वदामि ते

Transliteration

ahaṃ sadā bhāvayukta ātmasaṃstho niraṃtaraḥ | jaṃgamājaṃgamānāṃ ca satyaṃ prati vadāmi te

Translation

เราย่อมประกอบด้วยภาวะอันบริสุทธิ์เสมอ ตั้งมั่นในอาตมันโดยไม่ขาดสาย. เรากล่าวสัจจะแก่ท่าน ว่าด้วยทั้งสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและสิ่งที่ไม่เคลื่อนไหว.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• bhāva-yuktaḥ: endowed with (right) feeling/attitude
• bhāva-yuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• ātma-saṃsthaḥ: abiding in the Self
• ātma-saṃsthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstha (कृदन्त; √sthā (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग, क्त/स्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• niraṃtaraḥ: uninterrupted; continuous
• niraṃtaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niraṃtara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—aham

• jaṃgama-ajaṃgamānām: of the moving and the unmoving (beings)
• jaṃgama-ajaṃgamānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक) + ajaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (moving and unmoving beings)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वाक्यकर्म (object of speech)

• prati: towards; regarding
• prati: Sambandha (Relational adjunct/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition-like; towards/with regard to)

• vadāmi: I speak
• vadāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

Speaker

Unspecified (first-person realized voice addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a questioning devotee/seeker

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher seated in yogic posture, one hand in jñāna-mudrā, addressing a listener; around them, animals, trees, and mountains subtly respond, indicating the teaching covers jaṅgama and ajaṅgama.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṅgama
• Ajaṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth is spoken from Self-abidance; realization perceives one principle underlying all forms—mobile and immobile.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context frames the teaching, but the verse itself is a universal metaphysical statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.