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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एकचित्ततया योगो ब्रह्मज्ञानसमुद्भवः । नान्यथा भविता मे स ततश्चित्तनिरोधनम् । करोमि ब्रह्मसंसिद्ध्यै ततो मेऽसौ भविष्यति

Transliteration

ekacittatayā yogo brahmajñānasamudbhavaḥ | nānyathā bhavitā me sa tataścittanirodhanam | karomi brahmasaṃsiddhyai tato me'sau bhaviṣyati

Translation

Yoga entsteht aus der Erkenntnis Brahmans durch die Einspitzigkeit des Geistes; anders wird er nicht zu mir kommen. Darum übe ich die Zügelung des Geistes zur Erlangung Brahmans—dann wird jene Verwirklichung gewiss die meine sein.

Word by Word
एकचित्ततयाby one-pointedness (single-mindedness)
एकचित्ततया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + चित्त + ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकं चित्तं यस्य/एकचित्तं भावः)
योगःyoga
योगः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ब्रह्मज्ञानसमुद्भवःarising from knowledge of Brahman
ब्रह्मज्ञानसमुद्भवः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मन् + ज्ञान + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मज्ञानात् समुद्भवः)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्ययम्
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner adverb)
भविताwill be/shall become (lit. one who will be)
भविता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (धातु) + भवितृ (कृदन्त, तृ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)
मेfor me/of me
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)
सःthat (yoga)
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ततःtherefore/then
ततः:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/therefore)
चित्तनिरोधनम्restraint of the mind
चित्तनिरोधनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त + निरोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चित्तस्य निरोधनम्)
करोमिI do/practice
करोमि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
ब्रह्मसंसिद्ध्यैfor attainment/perfection in Brahman
ब्रह्मसंसिद्ध्यै:
Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणि संसिद्धिः)
ततःthereupon/therefore
ततः:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/therefore)
मेfor me/of me
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)
असौthat (result)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker (continuing the arrow-maker/ascetic narrative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm practitioner declares that yoga is born of Brahman-knowledge through one-pointed mind; he resolves to restrain the mind for Brahman-realization, radiating certainty and peace.

Characters & Entities
Y
yoga
B
brahmajñāna
C
cittanirodha
B
brahman

FAQs

Single-minded focus (ekacittatā) and mind-restraint (cittanirodha) are presented as the direct means to Brahman-realization.

No site is named in this verse; it supplies the yogic-philosophical core within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

A discipline is prescribed: practicing cittanirodha (mental restraint) for brahmasaṃsiddhi (Brahman-attainment).

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