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

Sie ist von allen Gestalten, die höchste Herrin, die Spenderin der höchsten Wonne. Ein Sterblicher, der Tulasī zu sich nimmt, geht nicht in Yamas Reich.

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.