Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

योगारूढो जगन्नाथः समाधिस्थो महाबलः । तस्य श्रीजगदीशस्य विघ्नं नैव तु कुर्महे

Transliteration

yogārūḍho jagannāthaḥ samādhistho mahābalaḥ | tasya śrījagadīśasya vighnaṃ naiva tu kurmahe

Translation

Jagannātha, puissant et établi dans le yoga, demeure en samādhi. Nous ne créerons nullement d’obstacle à ce glorieux Seigneur des mondes.

Word by Word

• योगारूढः: absorbed in yoga
• योगारूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगारूढ (प्रातिपदिक) = योग + आरूढ
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ (प्रातिपदिक) = जगत् + नाथ
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• समाधिस्थः: situated in samādhi
• समाधिस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधिस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) = समाधि + स्थ
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• महाबलः: mighty
• महाबलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + बल
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• श्रीजगदीशस्य: of the glorious Lord of the world
• श्रीजगदीशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीजगदीश (प्रातिपदिक) = श्री + जगदीश
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (adversative particle)

• कुर्महे: we do
• कुर्महे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Vamryaḥ (continuing their response)

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha
• Jagadīśa
• Samādhi
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for samādhi is itself dharma—spiritual absorption is treated as sacred and not to be obstructed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse exalts Jagannātha’s yogic state within the Dharmāraṇya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is ethical: do not cause vighna (obstruction) to the Lord’s samādhi.