Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

भृगुयन्त्रे समाश्रांतिनियोगे सर्वकर्मकृत् । गायत्रीछंद एतेषां देहन्यासक्रमो भवेत्

Transliteration

bhṛguyantre samāśrāṃtiniyoge sarvakarmakṛt | gāyatrīchaṃda eteṣāṃ dehanyāsakramo bhavet

Translation

Im Bhṛgu-Yantra, wenn diese gemäß der festgelegten Anordnung und Anwendung eingesetzt werden, vollbringen sie alle Riten. Ihr Versmaß ist Gāyatrī, und der Nyāsa am Körper ist in der rechten Reihenfolge auszuführen.

Word by Word

• भृगुयन्त्रे: in/with the Bhṛgu-yantra
• भृगुयन्त्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भृगोः यन्त्रम्’

• समाश्रान्ति-नियोगे: in the arrangement/assignment called ‘samāśrānti’
• समाश्रान्ति-नियोगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाश्रान्ति + नियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘समाश्रान्तेः नियोगः’ (as a technical term)

• सर्वकर्मकृत्: doer of all rites/actions
• सर्वकर्मकृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्म + कृत् (धातु √कृ ‘करण’ + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृत्प्रत्ययान्त, ‘सर्वाणि कर्माणि करोति’

• गायत्रीछन्दः: the Gāyatrī metre
• गायत्रीछन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गायत्र्याः छन्दः’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• देहन्यासक्रमः: the sequence of body-nyāsa
• देहन्यासक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + न्यास + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘देहे न्यासस्य क्रमः’

• भवेत्: should be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka-pilgrim seated in āsana, performing systematic aṅga-nyāsa over the body, with subtle syllables (bīja/varṇa) glowing at each limb; a yantra diagram (Bhṛgu-yantra) faintly visible behind, indicating ordered deployment.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic ritual science emphasizes order and lineage: yantra, metre, and nyāsa sequence together make practice effective and dhārmically grounded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is procedural (yantra, chandas, nyāsa) and does not name a specific tīrtha in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes application in the Bhṛgu-yantra, states the chandas as Gāyatrī, and instructs performing deha-nyāsa in the proper sequence.