Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अंसोरुयुग्मे धर्मादीन्न्यस्य नाभौ च पार्श्वयोः । अधर्मादीननंतादीन्हृदि पीठे मनुं न्यसेत्

Transliteration

aṃsoruyugme dharmādīnnyasya nābhau ca pārśvayoḥ | adharmādīnanaṃtādīnhṛdi pīṭhe manuṃ nyaset

Translation

Sur la paire des épaules et des cuisses, ayant placé Dharma et les autres ; et au nombril ainsi que sur les flancs, ayant placé Adharma et les autres, et Ananta et les autres, qu’on place le mantra (manu) sur le siège du cœur (pīṭha).

Word by Word

• अंसोरुयुग्मे: in the pair of shoulders and thighs
• अंसोरुयुग्मे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंस + ऊरु + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अंसयोः ऊर्वोः युग्मे)

• धर्मादीन्: dharma and others
• धर्मादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’-समासार्थे (धर्म-आदीन् = dharma and others)

• न्यस्य: having placed
• न्यस्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस्/न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having placed’

• नाभौ: in the navel
• नाभौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-bodhaka)

• पार्श्वयोः: in the two sides/flanks
• पार्श्वयोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), द्विवचन

• अधर्मादीन्: adharma and others
• अधर्मादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’-समासार्थे (adharma and others)

• अनन्तादीन्: Ananta and others
• अनन्तादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’-समासार्थे (Ananta and others)

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• पीठे: on the seat/base
• पीठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मनुम्: the mantra
• मनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मन्त्र-विशेषे ‘मनु’ (mantra)

• न्यसेत्: should place (perform nyāsa)
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस्/न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; ‘should place/assign’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet sacred visualization: the sādhaka’s body shown frontally with highlighted zones—shoulders, thighs, navel, sides, heart—each receiving glowing labels (Dharma, Adharma, Ananta) as subtle deities/energies; the heart bears a radiant mantra-seat.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Adharma
• Ananta
• Mantra (Manu)
• Hṛd-pīṭha (heart seat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual nyāsa sacralizes the body, turning it into a disciplined field where Dharma is established and the heart becomes the mantra-seat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the focus is internal sanctification through nyāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Assigning (nyāsa) sets beginning with Dharma/Adharma/Ananta to specific limbs and then installing the mantra at the heart-pīṭha.