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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यमनियमयज्ञदानं वेदाभ्यासश्च धारणायोगः । त्वद्भक्तेः सर्वमिदं नार्हन्ति वै कलासहस्रांशम्

Transliteration

yamaniyamayajñadānaṃ vedābhyāsaśca dhāraṇāyogaḥ | tvadbhakteḥ sarvamidaṃ nārhanti vai kalāsahasrāṃśam

Translation

Yama et niyama, le sacrifice et l’aumône, l’étude des Veda et le yoga de la concentration : rien de tout cela, en vérité, n’égale ne fût-ce qu’un millième de la dévotion envers Toi.

Word by Word
यमrestraint (yama)
यम:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
नियमobservance (niyama)
नियम:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootनियम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
यज्ञsacrifice
यज्ञ:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
दानम्yama, niyama, sacrifice, and charity
दानम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—यम+नियम+यज्ञ+दान (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
वेदाभ्यासःstudy of the Veda
वेदाभ्यासः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद-अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वेदस्य अभ्यासः (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
धारणाconcentration (dhāraṇā)
धारणा:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootधारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
योगःyoga of concentration
योगः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—धारणायाः योगः / धारणारूपो योगः (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
त्वद्भक्तेःof/than your devotion
त्वद्भक्तेः:
Apadana/Comparison point (Standard/अपादान-तुलना)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद्-भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—त्वयि भक्तिः / त्वदीया भक्तिः (Feminine, Genitive, Singular)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
अर्हन्तिare worthy / equal
अर्हन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अर्ह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Plural)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
कलाparts/digits
कला:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootकला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Plural)
सहस्रthousand
सहस्र:
(Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)
अंशम्a thousandth part (fraction)
अंशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कलानां सहस्रस्य अंशः (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
Speaker

Bhṛgu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā) devotional observance

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A comparative tableau: on one side ascetics practicing yama-niyama, priests conducting yajña, donors giving gifts, students reciting Veda, yogins in dhāraṇā; at the center a simple devotee offering a leaf and water with intense love—radiance emanates from devotion.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhṛgu
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Devotion (bhakti) is portrayed as the heart of all disciplines, surpassing ritual, austerity, study, and yogic technique in spiritual efficacy.

No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it functions as a universal bhakti teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

It lists yama-niyama, yajña, dāna, Veda study, and dhāraṇā-yoga, but elevates Śiva-bhakti as superior to them all.

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