Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यस्या रूपाण्यनेकानि सम्यग्ध्यानपरायणाः । ध्यायंति मुनयो भक्त्या प्राप्नुवंति च वांछितम्

Transliteration

yasyā rūpāṇyanekāni samyagdhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | dhyāyaṃti munayo bhaktyā prāpnuvaṃti ca vāṃchitam

Translation

لها صورٌ كثيرة؛ فالمُنَى المتفرّغون للتأمّل الحقّ يتأمّلونها بمحبةٍ تعبّدية، فينالون بذلك العطية التي يشتهونها.

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom; whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन

• रूपाणि: forms
• रूपाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषण (रूपाणि इत्यस्य)

• सम्यक्: properly; rightly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “properly/rightly”)

• ध्यानपरायणाः: devoted to meditation
• ध्यानपरायणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (ध्यान-परायण: “devoted to meditation”)

• ध्यायन्ति: they meditate upon
• ध्यायन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (ध्यै) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• प्राप्नुवन्ति: they attain
• प्राप्नुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: “and”)

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon/thing)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāñchita (कृदन्त; √vāñch धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मपद (desired thing)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; prior speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages in forest-ashram posture, eyes half-closed, each visualizing a different form of the same Devī; above them, Devī appears in multiple emanations merging into one radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right meditation joined with devotion to the Goddess bears fruit and fulfills worthy aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, praising the local Devī-tīrtha and her grace (the specific site name is not stated in this single verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditative contemplation) and bhakti (devotion) are prescribed as the means to attain desired results.