Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यूपाद्यैः सर्वतो व्याप्ते सदिशे गगनांगणे । ऋग्यजुःसामघोषेण तथा चाथर्वजेन च

Transliteration

yūpādyaiḥ sarvato vyāpte sadiśe gaganāṃgaṇe | ṛgyajuḥsāmaghoṣeṇa tathā cātharvajena ca

Translation

وكان فناءُ السماء في كل الجهات ممتلئًا بأعمدة القربان (اليوبا) وما شابهها؛ يجلجل فيه إنشادُ الرِّغ واليَجُس والسَّام، وكذلك تلاواتُ الأثَرفَن.

Word by Word

• यूप-आद्यैः: by posts and the like
• यूप-आद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘यूपः आदिः येषाम्’/‘यूपादयः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• सर्वतः: everywhere; on all sides
• सर्वतः: Desha (Adverbial location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (adverb)

• व्याप्ते: pervaded; filled
• व्याप्ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘व्याप्त’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (agreeing with गगनाङ्गणे)

• स-दिशे: together with the directions
• स-दिशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय ‘सह’) + दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास ‘सदिशम्/सदिशे’ = ‘दिशा सह’ (together with the directions); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• गगन-अङ्गणे: in the courtyard/expanse of the sky
• गगन-अङ्गणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘गगनस्य अङ्गणम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• ऋक्-यजुः-साम-घोषेण: by the chanting of Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman
• ऋक्-यजुः-साम-घोषेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक) + यजुः (प्रातिपदिक) + साम (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘ऋग्यजुःसाम्नां घोषः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अथर्व-जेन: by (that) belonging to Atharva (Atharvaveda)
• अथर्व-जेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष ‘अथर्वणः जातम्/सम्बद्धम्’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara kṣetra (yajña-bhūmi)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast ritual ground like a forest of yūpa posts; multiple yajña fires; priests chanting four Vedas; the sky itself seems to vibrate with mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Yūpa
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Atharvaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is sanctified by śruti-sound and yajña—Vedic resonance is portrayed as a protective spiritual canopy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra where the lotus fell is glorified as permeated by Vedic yajña culture, supporting the Puṣkara narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse depicts yajña infrastructure (yūpa) and Vedic chanting; it implies sacrificial performance rather than prescribing a specific rite.