Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 156

Devanagari script

अनिंद्यं चाप्यभेद्यं च जरामरणवर्जितम् । पुलकांचितसर्वांगो योगनिद्रावशंगतः

Transliteration

aniṃdyaṃ cāpyabhedyaṃ ca jarāmaraṇavarjitam | pulakāṃcitasarvāṃgo yoganidrāvaśaṃgataḥ

Translation

Tadellos und unantastbar, frei von Alter und Tod—am ganzen Leib von heiliger Wonne erschauert—war er in die Macht des yogischen Schlafes (Yoganidrā) eingegangen.

Word by Word

• अनिन्द्यम्: blameless
• अनिन्द्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (महेश्वरम्/तम्) — Masculine, accusative singular

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपातः — Particle (also/even)

• अभेद्यम्: unbreakable/indivisible
• अभेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् — Masculine, accusative singular

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

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (√वृज्/√वर्ज्; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् — Masculine, accusative singular

• पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गः: whose whole body is bristling (with horripilation)
• पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुलक (प्रातिपदिक) + अञ्चित (√अञ्च्; कृदन्त) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘पुलकेन अञ्चितानि सर्वाणि अङ्गानि यस्य सः’ — Masculine, nominative singular

• योगनिद्रावशंगतः: having come under the power of yogic sleep
• योगनिद्रावशंगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगनिद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + वश (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (√गम्; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गः) — Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaidyanātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A saintly yogin, skin goosefleshed in rapture, sits utterly still as if asleep yet luminous—yogic sleep—surrounded by a quiet sacred ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Suprabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Absorption in yoga is depicted as transcendence of mortality-consciousness, revealing the mahātmya theme that holiness reshapes the inner state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-glorification chapter; this particular line describes the yogin’s state rather than the geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes yogic attainment (yoganidrā) rather than external rites.