Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

योगनिद्रात्मने नाभिपद्मोद्भूतजगत्सृजे । नमः सलिलरूपाय कारणाय जगत्स्थितेः

Transliteration

yoganidrātmane nābhipadmodbhūtajagatsṛje | namaḥ salilarūpāya kāraṇāya jagatsthiteḥ

Translation

Salutations to You whose nature is yogic sleep; the creator of the worlds that arise from the lotus of the navel. Salutations to You who appear as the cosmic waters, the very cause of the world’s continuance.

Word by Word

• yoga-nidrā-ātmane: to the one whose nature is yogic sleep
• yoga-nidrā-ātmane: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + nidrā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (योगनिद्रा-रूप आत्मा)

• nābhi-padma-udbhūta-jagat-sṛje: to the creator of the universe that arose from the navel-lotus
• nābhi-padma-udbhūta-jagat-sṛje: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū भू (धातु) उत् + क्त) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + sṛj (धातु; √sṛj सृज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (नाभिपद्मात् उद्भूतं जगत् यस्य/येन सृज्यते; सृज्-धातोः ‘सृज्’ इत्यस्मात् ‘सृज्’→‘सृज्’/‘सृज्’ इति प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण ‘सृज्’ (सृज्-कर्तरि) ‘सृज्’/‘सृज्’ इत्यर्थे ‘सृज्’→‘सृज्’ ‘सृज्’ (सृज्) ‘सृज्’ इति; व्यवहारतः ‘सृज्’→‘सृज्’ ‘सृज्’ (creator) = सृज् (सृज्) ‘सृज्’ (सृजे = चतुर्थी)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• salila-rūpāya: to the one whose form is water
• salila-rūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सलिलरूपः)

• kāraṇāya: to the cause
• kāraṇāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• jagat-sthiteḥ: of the sustenance/continuance of the world
• jagat-sthiteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जगतः स्थितिः)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (cosmic Nārāyaṇa focus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vishnu reclining on Śeṣa upon the cosmic ocean, eyes half-closed in yoga-nidrā; from his navel a lotus rises bearing Brahmā and the nascent worlds; waters shimmer as the sustaining cause.

Characters & Entities

• Yoganidrā
• Nābhipadma
• Cosmic waters
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is the hidden ground of creation and sustenance—present as the cosmic waters and as the serene power behind manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the contextual sacred place where such cosmological praise is recited to magnify its dhārmic and devotional atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a contemplative hymn (stuti) suitable for japa/recitation.