Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
स एव देवदेवेशस्तव वक्ष्यत्यसंशयम् । स एव भगवान्साक्षी देहांतरबहिःस्थितः
Transliteration
sa eva devadeveśastava vakṣyatyasaṃśayam | sa eva bhagavānsākṣī dehāṃtarabahiḥsthitaḥ
Translation
พระผู้เป็นเจ้าเหนือเทพทั้งปวงนั้นเอง จักตรัสแก่ท่านโดยปราศจากความสงสัย พระภควานองค์เดียวกันนั้นเป็นพยานสักขี สถิตทั้งภายในกายและภายนอกกาย
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
देवदेवेशःLord of the gods of gods
देवदेवेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः; तेषाम् ईशः)
तवto you/your
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
वक्ष्यतिwill tell
वक्ष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
असंशयम्without doubt
असंशयम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
साक्षीwitness
साक्षी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण (apposition to भगवान्)
देहांतरबहिःस्थितःsituated within and outside the body
देहांतरबहिःस्थितः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेह + अन्तर + बहिः + स्थित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष-प्रधानः; स्थित (क्त) विशेषणम् (देह-अन्तरे बहिः च स्थितः)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; doctrinal statement within dialogue)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage-like speaker gestures toward the heart (inner witness) and then to the sky (transcendent witness), with a subtle aura of the Lord pervading both body and cosmos.
Characters & Entities
B
Bhagavān (Lord)S
Sākṣī (Inner Witness)FAQs
The Lord is both immanent (inner witness) and transcendent, and true knowledge is confirmed by that supreme divine authority.
The verse is doctrinal and does not specify a tīrtha name in this excerpt.
None is mentioned.