Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

आमंत्रिताश्च देवेश वायुना जगदायुना । यज्ञभागा न चास्माकं विद्यंते यज्ञकर्मणि

Transliteration

āmaṃtritāśca deveśa vāyunā jagadāyunā | yajñabhāgā na cāsmākaṃ vidyaṃte yajñakarmaṇi

Translation

Auch wir sind eingeladen worden, o Herr der Götter, von Vāyu – dem Lebenshauch der Welt. Doch im Opferwerk des Yajña ist uns kein Opferanteil zugeteilt.

Word by Word

• आमन्त्रिताः: invited
• आमन्त्रिताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√मन्त्र् (धातु) → आमन्त्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally

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

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; देवस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• वायुना: by Vāyu
• वायुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• जगदायुना: by the life of the world (Vāyu)
• जगदायुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-आयु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; जगतः आयुः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• यज्ञभागाः: shares in the sacrifice
• यज्ञभागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; यज्ञस्य भागाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

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

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

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; pronoun (genitive plural)

• विद्यन्ते: are found / exist
• विद्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु) → विद्यते
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• यज्ञकर्मणि: in the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; यज्ञस्य कर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Divine visitors (likely the Mātṛgaṇas or associated groups) addressing a deity/overlord present at the yajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī (implied by surrounding verses)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly speaks before Brahmā: devas invited by Vāyu to a rite, yet their sacrificial portions are missing; the mood is formal, juridical, and cosmic.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Deveśa (Lord of gods)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in yajña includes proper recognition and allotment (bhāga); ritual order mirrors cosmic order, and omissions become matters to be resolved righteously.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the chapter’s yajña-at-kṣetra setting; it does not name the tīrtha directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references yajñabhāga (allocation of sacrificial portions), implying the need for correct distribution, though it does not list offerings or mantras.