Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

यः करोति नरो भक्त्या स च विष्णुः सनातनः । इदं च सर्वतपसां महत्तप उदाहृतम्

Transliteration

yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā sa ca viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | idaṃ ca sarvatapasāṃ mahattapa udāhṛtam

Translation

Quien lo realiza con devoción es tenido por el mismo Viṣṇu eterno. Y esto ha sido proclamado como una gran austeridad, superior a todas las austeridades.

Word by Word

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

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Predicate nominal (विधेय-संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Predicate qualifier (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta/Topic (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वतपसाम्: of all austerities
• सर्वतपसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतपस् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व-तपस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि तपांसि)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Predicate qualifier (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Predicate nominal (विधेय-संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उदाहृतम्: is declared/has been stated
• उदाहृतम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + आ + हृ (धातु) → उदाहृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāpārāka (vrata)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing Mahāpārāka is shown suffused with Viṣṇu’s radiance—human form subtly merging with the four-armed iconography, indicating spiritual identity.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mahāpārāka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional performance of the vow confers divine identity in merit—one becomes equal (in fruit) to the eternal Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s pilgrimage-glorification context; the vow is presented as a supreme practice within that sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the vow ‘with bhakti’ is stressed; the vow is ranked as ‘mahattapas’ among all austerities.