Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अंतरं नैव पश्यामि विष्णोर्योगपरस्य वा । एकोऽपि योगी यद्गेहे ग्रासमात्रं भुनक्ति च

Transliteration

aṃtaraṃ naiva paśyāmi viṣṇoryogaparasya vā | eko'pi yogī yadgehe grāsamātraṃ bhunakti ca

Translation

Ich sehe keinerlei Unterschied zwischen Viṣṇu und dem, der dem Yoga hingegeben ist. Selbst ein einziger Yogin, der in einem Haus nur einen Bissen zu sich nimmt, bringt dorthin Heiligkeit.

Word by Word

• अन्तरम्: difference, distinction
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘अन्तर’ = भेद/अन्तर (difference)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• योगपरस्य: of one devoted to yoga
• योगपरस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-पर (प्रातिपदिक; योग + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘योगे परः’ = योगनिष्ठ (devoted to yoga)

• वा: or
• वा: Connector (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• एकः: one (single)
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्: in whose
• यत्: Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• गेहे: in (the) house
• गेहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह/गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ग्रासमात्रम्: only a mouthful
• ग्रासमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रास-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रास + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘मात्र’ = केवल-परिमाण (only as much as)

• भुनक्ति: eats
• भुनक्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhu-nivāsa (presence of yogin)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder offers a small morsel of food to a serene yogin; Viṣṇu’s aura subtly overlays the yogin, indicating non-difference; the home glows like a shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Yogī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true yogin is revered as divine; honoring and feeding such a person is spiritually elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit site is named in the verse; it glorifies the sanctifying power of a yogin within the Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atithi-dharma by implication: offering even simple food to a yogin is meritorious.