Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

उत्तरस्यां तथा देवी संस्थिता योगनंदिनी । परमप्रकृतेर्देहात्पूर्वं निःसृतया यया

Transliteration

uttarasyāṃ tathā devī saṃsthitā yoganaṃdinī | paramaprakṛterdehātpūrvaṃ niḥsṛtayā yayā

Translation

Likewise, in the northern quarter the Goddess Yoganandinī stands established—by that Power which, earlier, emerged forth from the very body of the Supreme Prakṛti.

Word by Word

• उत्तरस्याम्: in the northern (direction)
• उत्तरस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (दिशि) विशेषण-प्रयोग

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थिता: stationed
• संस्थिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• योगनंदिनी: Yoganandinī (delighter of yoga)
• योगनंदिनी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक; योग + नन्दिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम

• परमप्रकृतेः: of the supreme Prakṛti
• परमप्रकृतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक; परम + प्रकृति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देहात्: from the body
• देहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: formerly/earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/earlier)

• निःसृतया: by (her) having emerged
• निःसृतया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः-सृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यया: by whom
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रयोग (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yoganandinī-sthāna (northern seat)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A northern shrine where Devī Yoganandinī stands, depicted as emerging from the luminous body of Paramā Prakṛti—an abstract, cosmic mother-form—while the directional mandala of the kṣetra is hinted around her.

Characters & Entities

• Yoganandinī
• Paramaprakṛti
• North (Uttara diś)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga and cosmic origin are unified in the Goddess; Yoganandinī embodies the primal power issuing from Supreme Nature and guarding the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse sanctifies the northern direction through Yoganandinī’s establishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse.