Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यदि धर्मस्तथा सत्यमीश्वरोऽत्र जगत्त्रये । कोशपानात्फलं सद्यो द्रक्ष्याम्यस्मि शुभा शुभम्

Transliteration

yadi dharmastathā satyamīśvaro'tra jagattraye | kośapānātphalaṃ sadyo drakṣyāmyasmi śubhā śubham

Translation

Nếu Dharma và Chân lý quả thật hiển hiện, và nếu Chúa Tể ngự trị trong ba cõi—thì do uống nước của kośa, ta sẽ thấy quả báo tức thời, lành hay dữ.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• धर्मः: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

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

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रयस्य जगत्)

• कोशपानात्: from drinking (the contents) of the vessel/sheath
• कोशपानात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोशस्य पानम्)

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्रक्ष्यामि: I shall see
• द्रक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• शुभ: auspicious (thing)
• शुभ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (used substantively)

• अशुभम्: inauspicious (thing)
• अशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (used substantively)

Speaker

A devotee/ritual participant (first-person vow-like statement; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a liṅga holding a consecrated vessel, eyes intense, uttering a vow invoking Dharma, Satya, and Īśvara; attendants watch in suspense as he prepares to drink.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Satya
• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and Truth are invoked as cosmic witnesses: sacred acts are believed to yield discernible results aligned with one’s merit or fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the moral immediacy of ritual consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kośa-pāna—drinking the consecrated water—presented as a means by which auspicious or inauspicious fruit becomes immediately evident.