Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

दीयसे धर्मतत्त्वज्ञैर्मानुषाणां विशोधनम् । स्तुतस्तन्दुल सत्येन धर्मतस्त्रातुमर्हसि

Transliteration

dīyase dharmatattvajñairmānuṣāṇāṃ viśodhanam | stutastandula satyena dharmatastrātumarhasi

Translation

Ngươi được các bậc am tường chân lý của dharma ban dùng để thanh tẩy loài người. Hỡi hạt gạo, được ca tụng bởi chân thật—nhờ dharma, ngươi xứng đáng che chở (và minh chứng).

Word by Word

• दीयसे: you are given
• दीयसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — “you are given/you are bestowed” (passive sense)

• धर्म-तत्त्व-ज्ञैः: by knowers of dharma’s truth
• धर्म-तत्त्व-ज्ञैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मस्य तत्त्वं; तस्य ज्ञाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन — “by knowers of dharma-truth”

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• मानुषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — “of humans”

• विशोधनम्: purification
• विशोधनम्: Karma/Prayojana (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — “purification” (predicate/goal)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “praised” (addressing ‘तन्दुल’)

• तन्दुल: O rice-grain
• तन्दुल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्दुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधनम्

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — “by truth/with truth”

• धर्मतः: duly
• धर्मतः: Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्मतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — यथान्यायम् (duly/according to dharma)

• त्रातुम्: to protect
• त्रातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), “to protect/save”

• अर्हसि: you ought/are able
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “you are worthy/you ought”

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya/Savitṛ witness-setting (implied)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on consecrated rice grains glowing subtly as the mantra addresses them; the Sun’s rays fall like a seal of truth upon the vessel.

Characters & Entities

• Satyam (Truth, as principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth (satya) and dharma are invoked as the real protectors; ritual objects become instruments only when aligned with these principles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Bhaṭṭāditya-related sacred context where dharmic purification is believed to be especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-address to the rice-grain is recited, treating it as a dharmic agent for human purification and protection.