Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तत्कथं मम वाक्यं त्वमसत्यं प्रकरोषि च

Transliteration

tatkathaṃ mama vākyaṃ tvamasatyaṃ prakaroṣi ca

Translation

ถ้าเช่นนั้น ท่านจะทำให้ถ้อยคำของเรากลายเป็นเท็จได้อย่างไร

Word by Word

• तत्: that (this matter)
• तत्: Sambandha (Anaphoric/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाक्यम्: statement, word
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• असत्यम्: false, untrue
• असत्यम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (वाक्यम् इति)

• प्रकरोषि: you make, you render
• प्रकरोषि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pointed question in a dharma-assembly: the speaker confronts Indra (or interlocutor) about making his statement untrue; tense but controlled atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred injunctions and the word of a dharmic authority are not to be overturned lightly; truthfulness safeguards ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal pivot within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it challenges an alteration that would render an earlier śrāddha-related proclamation ‘untrue’.