Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

याजयिष्याम्यहं भूपं त्रिशंकुं प्रपितामह । मानुषेण शरीरेण येन गच्छति ते पदम्

Transliteration

yājayiṣyāmyahaṃ bhūpaṃ triśaṃkuṃ prapitāmaha | mānuṣeṇa śarīreṇa yena gacchati te padam

Translation

„O Pratitāmaha (Brahmā), ich werde bewirken, dass König Triśaṅku das Yajña vollzieht, durch das er—noch im menschlichen Leib—zu deiner Wohnstatt gelangen kann.“

Word by Word

• याजयिष्यामि: I will cause (him) to perform sacrifice
• याजयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याजय् (णिच् causative of यज् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (याजयति = यज्ञं कारयति)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूपम्: the king
• भूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• त्रिशंकुम्: Triśaṅku
• त्रिशंकुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशङ्कु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूपस्य विशेषण-नाम

• प्रपितामह: O great-grandsire
• प्रपितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• मानुषेण: with a human
• मानुषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शरीरेण)

• शरीरेण: body
• शरीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतौ

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘तव’

• पदम्: abode; state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (implied by the surrounding narrative of Triśaṅku)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage petitions Brahmā: a formal declaration to make King Triśaṅku perform a sacrifice so he may reach Brahmā’s abode without shedding the human body.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṅku
• Brahmā
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It presents the Purāṇic ideal that ritual power (yajña), guided by a potent ṛṣi, is believed to confer extraordinary spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrtha-māhātmya framework of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but this specific line emphasizes the Triśaṅku-yajña episode rather than naming a distinct tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The performance of a yajña (sacrificial rite) intended to secure ascent to Brahmā’s realm.