Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सर्वजगद्ब्रह्ममयं संजातं नात्र संशयः । नवम्या च सुलेपश्च कर्तव्यो यज्ञमूर्तये

Transliteration

sarvajagadbrahmamayaṃ saṃjātaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | navamyā ca sulepaśca kartavyo yajñamūrtaye

Translation

حقًّا إن الكون كلَّه قد امتلأ ببراهْمان—لا شكّ في ذلك. وفي اليوم القمري التاسع (نَفَمي) ينبغي إجراء طلاءٍ طقسيٍّ رقيق (ليبا) له، فهو عينُ تجسّدِ اليَجْنَا، القربان المقدّس.

Word by Word

• सर्वजगत्: the entire world
• सर्वजगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वं जगत्)

• ब्रह्ममयम्: made of Brahman
• ब्रह्ममयम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तद्धितार्थ-समासः (ब्रह्मणः मयम् = consisting of Brahman)

• संजातम्: has arisen/come into being
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

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

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नवम्या: on the ninth (tithi/day)
• नवम्या: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; काल/अवसरवाचक-तृतीया (on the ninth day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुलेपः: good anointing/plastering
• सुलेपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कर्तव्यः: should be done
• कर्तव्यः: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विध्यर्थक-कर्तव्य (gerundive/obligatory)

• यज्ञमूर्तये: for the embodiment of sacrifice
• यज्ञमूर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मूर्तिः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgara Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctum where Viṣṇu as Yajñamūrti is approached on Navamī; priests prepare fragrant paste and begin the ceremonial lepa while devotees contemplate the deity’s cosmic pervasion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Yajña-mūrti (Deity as Sacrifice)
• Navamī tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the world as Brahman-filled culminates in worship: ritual service becomes an expression of cosmic unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gives a vrata-like instruction inside the chapter’s tīrtha discourse; the site is not specified in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform a ‘su-lepa’ (auspicious anointing/smearing—often with sandal paste) on Navamī for the deity described as Yajña-mūrti.