Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यो मां यज्ञप्रभावेन नयिष्यति सुरालयम् । अनेनैव शरीरेण सहितं गुरुपुत्रकाः

Transliteration

yo māṃ yajñaprabhāvena nayiṣyati surālayam | anenaiva śarīreṇa sahitaṃ guruputrakāḥ

Translation

“O sons of the guru, whoever by the power of yajña, the sacred sacrifice, shall lead me to the abode of the gods together with this very body—to him shall I turn.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञप्रभावेन: by the power of sacrifice
• यज्ञप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य प्रभावः)

• नयिष्यति: will lead/take
• नयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुरालयम्: abode of the gods
• सुरालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् आलयः)

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/only)

• शरीरेण: with (the) body
• शरीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सहितम्: together (with)
• सहितम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) / ‘सहित’ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘accompanied/along with’ (शरीरेण सह)

• गुरुपुत्रकाः: O sons of the guru
• गुरुपुत्रकाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुरोः पुत्रकाः)

Speaker

King (narādhipaḥ)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king declares his offer: whoever can lead him to svarga with the same body by yajña-power. A sacrificial altar is prepared; flames are unlit yet; sages exchange glances, weighing the extraordinary demand.

Characters & Entities

• guruputrāḥ
• surālaya (heaven)
• yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking spiritual results through ritual power alone, without right conduct toward the guru, is portrayed as spiritually dangerous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the broader Tīrthamāhātmya moral arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to yajña as a means to attain surālaya; no specific yajña-type or vrata is stated.