Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
सर्वेषामपि पुण्यानां सर्वेषां श्रेयसामपि । सर्वेषामपि यज्ञानां जपयज्ञः परः स्मृतः
Transliteration
sarveṣāmapi puṇyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ śreyasāmapi | sarveṣāmapi yajñānāṃ japayajñaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
সমস্ত পুণ্যের মধ্যে, সমস্ত শ্রেয়সাধনের মধ্যে, এবং সমস্ত যজ্ঞের মধ্যে—জপযজ্ঞই পরম বলে স্মৃত।
Word by Word
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण
अपिeven; also
अपि:
Emphasis/Connector (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक निपात (also/even)
पुण्यानाम्of merits/virtuous acts
पुण्यानाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
श्रेयसाम्of beneficial things/goods
श्रेयसाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अपिeven; also
अपि:
Emphasis/Connector (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (also/even)
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
अपिeven; also
अपि:
Emphasis/Connector (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (also/even)
यज्ञानाम्of sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
जपयज्ञःthe sacrifice of japa (repetition)
जपयज्ञः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजप + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक); जपयज्ञ (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जपः एव यज्ञः / जपेन यज्ञः)
परःsupreme
परः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
स्मृतःis regarded (as)
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत्)
Formभूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थे ('is considered/remembered')
Speaker
Sūta
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A didactic tableau contrasting outer yajña implements with a sage holding a japa-mālā, indicating japa as the highest sacrifice.
Characters & Entities
S
SūtaJ
JapaY
YajñaFAQs
Inner sacrifice—steady mantra repetition—is elevated above external ritual as the most effective dharmic offering.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies a portable ‘tīrtha-like’ practice: japa.
Japa is explicitly praised as the foremost yajña, encouraging regular mantra repetition as a primary sādhana.