Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

सत्यां बुद्धौ न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैरपि । संसारे क्लिश्यते तेन रागमोहवशानुगः

Transliteration

satyāṃ buddhau na jānāti bodhyamāno budhairapi | saṃsāre kliśyate tena rāgamohavaśānugaḥ

Translation

Dẫu có trí tuệ đúng đắn, người ấy vẫn không hiểu—dù được bậc hiền trí chỉ dạy. Vì thế, người ấy khổ trong luân hồi (saṃsāra), bị dục vọng và mê lầm chi phối.

Word by Word

• satyām: when (it is) true/present
• satyām: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• buddhau: in the intellect
• buddhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सह

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• jānāti: he knows
• jānāti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bodhyamānaḥ: being instructed, being made to understand
• bodhyamānaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: budh (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/Present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• budhaiḥ: by the wise
• budhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• saṃsāre: in worldly existence
• saṃsāre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• kliśyate: he is afflicted, suffers
• kliśyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kliś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tena: therefore; by that
• tena: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (masc./neut.), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rāga-moha-vaśa-anugaḥ: one who follows the sway of attachment and delusion
• rāga-moha-vaśa-anugaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāga (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः: (रागमोहयोः वशः) तस्य अनुगः = 'one who follows the control of attachment and delusion'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Without mastery over rāga and moha, even good intellect and wise teaching do not yield realization, and saṃsāra-suffering continues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is referenced; it is a general teaching on bondage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied prescription is discipline that reduces rāga-moha and enables receptivity to wisdom.