Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

सुरभ्या चैव यत्प्रोक्तं केतक्या च तथा सुराः । तन्मृषोक्तं च जानीध्वं न दृष्टो ह्यस्य मस्तकः

Transliteration

surabhyā caiva yatproktaṃ ketakyā ca tathā surāḥ | tanmṛṣoktaṃ ca jānīdhvaṃ na dṛṣṭo hyasya mastakaḥ

Translation

اے دیوتاؤ! جان لو کہ سُرَبھِی اور اسی طرح کیتکی نے جو کہا وہ جھوٹ ہے؛ کیونکہ اس (لِنگ) کا شِکھر کسی نے نہیں دیکھا۔

Word by Word

• सुरभ्या: by Surabhī
• सुरभ्या: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रोक्तम्: said; declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + √वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• केतक्या: by Ketakī
• केतक्या: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मृषा-उक्तम्: falsely spoken
• मृषा-उक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृषा (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग) + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘false-said’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जानीध्वम्: know (you all)
• जानीध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• अस्य: of this (liṅga)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मस्तकः: the head/top
• मस्तकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Ākāśavāṇī (divine sky-voice) correcting the assembly

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the Skanda Purāṇa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial voice declares the falsity of Surabhī and Ketakī; devas stand stunned; the liṅga’s summit remains beyond sight, disappearing into radiance and cloud.

Characters & Entities

• Surabhī
• Ketakī
• Devas
• Śiva-liṅga
• Ākāśavāṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satya (truth) is upheld by divine order; false testimony is exposed and condemned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the textual setting, but this verse primarily conveys a dharmic correction in the liṅga narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal correction regarding a false claim.