Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

आस्तां हि दर्शनं तावत्सत्यमेतन्मयोदिम्

Transliteration

āstāṃ hi darśanaṃ tāvatsatyametanmayodim

Translation

“دیکھ لینے کی بات ابھی رہنے دو؛ جو میں نے کہا ہے وہی سچ ہے۔”

Word by Word

• आस्ताम्: let it be, enough
• आस्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थे ‘let it be/so be it’

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• दर्शनम्: seeing, meeting
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (topic)

• तावत्: so much, for the moment
• तावत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so much/for now)

• सत्यम्: truth, true (thing)
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate: true)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (this)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उदितम्: spoken, uttered
• उदितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used predicatively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

Speaker

Baka (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ghṛtakambala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker raises a hand in gentle restraint, postponing the ‘darśana’ point and affirming truth; listeners settle into attentive silence.

Characters & Entities

• Darśana
• Satya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching values satya (truthfulness) as the foundation of sacred narration; spiritual authority rests on truth, not mere claims of experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse does not name a tīrtha, but the surrounding adhyāya belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya praising a Śaiva sacred setting linked with Jāgeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as a narrative pivot affirming truthful testimony.