Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सर्वरूपा च सर्वेशा परमानन्ददायिनी । तुलसी प्राशको मर्त्यो यमलोकं न गच्छति

Transliteration

sarvarūpā ca sarveśā paramānandadāyinī | tulasī prāśako martyo yamalokaṃ na gacchati

Translation

هي ذاتُ كلِّ صورة، السيدةُ العليا، وواهبةُ النعيمِ الأسمى. من تناولَ التولسي من البشر لا يذهبُ إلى عالمِ يَما.

Word by Word

• सर्वरूपा: of all forms
• सर्वरूपा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-रूपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्व + रूपा (कर्मधारयः ‘having all forms’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सर्वेशा: mistress/lord of all
• सर्वेशा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-ईशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्व + ईशा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः ‘lord of all’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमानन्ददायिनी: giver of supreme bliss
• परमानन्ददायिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-आनन्द-दायिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परम + आनन्द (कर्मधारय ‘supreme bliss’) + दायिनी (दा-धातु से णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त ‘giver’); तत्पुरुषसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुलसी: Tulasi
• तुलसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राशकः: one who eats/tastes
• प्राशकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्राश’ (भक्षण/आस्वादन) अर्थे कर्तृवाचक-प्रातिपदिक

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमलोकम्: the world of Yama
• यमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यम + लोक (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘Yama’s world’); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee reverently partakes of Tulasi; behind, Yama’s dark realm recedes, while a luminous path opens toward Vaikuṇṭha-like radiance; Tulasi appears as a sovereign goddess-form bestowing bliss.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with Tulasī is presented as salvific—granting supreme bliss and protection from post-death suffering symbolized by Yama’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single named tīrtha appears in this verse; the ‘tīrtha’ principle is applied to Tulasī as a portable sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Partaking/consuming Tulasī (as prasāda or sacred leaf) is recommended as a meritorious act.