Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

वर्त्तुलस्तेजसः पिंडः श्रिया युक्तो भविष्यसि । सर्वसामर्थ्यसंयुक्तो योगिनामपि मोक्षदः

Transliteration

varttulastejasaḥ piṃḍaḥ śriyā yukto bhaviṣyasi | sarvasāmarthyasaṃyukto yogināmapi mokṣadaḥ

Translation

Du wirst zu einer runden, strahlenden heiligen Gestalt werden, begabt mit Śrī (Wohlstand und heilvollem Glück). Mit allen Kräften vereint wirst du selbst den Yogins Mokṣa gewähren.

Word by Word

• varttulaḥ: round
• varttulaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varttula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• tejasaḥ: of splendor/energy
• tejasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• piṃḍaḥ: a mass/lump
• piṃḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• śriyā: with prosperity/fortune
• śriyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• yuktaḥ: endowed
• yuktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• bhaviṣyasi: you will be
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• sarva-sāmarthya-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with all capability
• sarva-sāmarthya-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sāmarthya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (sarvasya sāmarthyasya saṃyuktaḥ)

• yoginām: of yogins
• yoginām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• mokṣa-daḥ: giver of liberation
• mokṣa-daḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक; √dā धात्वर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (mokṣaṃ dadāti iti)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma (Gaṇḍakī-sambandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous, round Śālagrāma form radiates tejas, crowned by Śrī’s auspicious presence; yogins meditate nearby, receiving liberation through its darśana and worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Śālagrāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can operate through sanctified forms; sincere reverence leads from worldly auspiciousness to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śālagrāma tradition rooted in Gaṇḍakī is implied as the sacred context of this liberating form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse supports the doctrine that honoring the sacred form yields both prosperity and mokṣa.