Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

योगिनो यं हृदः कोशे प्रणिधानेन निश्चलाः । ज्योतीरूपं प्रपश्यति तस्मै श्रीब्रह्मणे नमः

Transliteration

yogino yaṃ hṛdaḥ kośe praṇidhānena niścalāḥ | jyotīrūpaṃ prapaśyati tasmai śrībrahmaṇe namaḥ

Translation

Salutations au Brahman bienheureux, que les yogins inébranlables, rendus immobiles par la profonde méditation, contemplent comme Forme de Lumière dans l’enveloppe du cœur.

Word by Word

• yoginaḥ: yogins
• yoginaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (योगिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• hṛdaḥ: of the heart
• hṛdaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (हृद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• kośe: in the sheath, cavity
• kośe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (कोश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• praṇidhānena: by concentration
• praṇidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇidhāna (प्रणिधान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• niścalāḥ: steady, unmoving
• niścalāḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niścala (निश्चल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (योगिनः)

• jyotīrūpam: the form of light
• jyotīrūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (ज्योतिस् प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (रूप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्योतिषः रूपम्)

• prapaśyanti: behold, see clearly
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश् धातु) + pra-
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• śrībrahmaṇe: to the glorious Brahman/Brahmā
• śrībrahmaṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (श्री प्रातिपदिक) + brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् ब्रह्मा/ब्रह्म)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namas (नमस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नमस्कारार्थक-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Unspecified (Devotional eulogy within Dharmāraṇya narrative; likely a sage or narrator-voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛdaya-kṣetra (inner tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated yogin in a forest hermitage; within the chest area a contained golden-white flame or orb of light; the outer world subdued, the inner radiance dominant.

Characters & Entities

• Yogins
• Brahman (Śrībrahman)
• Inner Light (Jyotis)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True realization comes through steady inner contemplation, where the Supreme is experienced as luminous consciousness within the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the narrative setting; the verse emphasizes inner pilgrimage (antar-yātrā) complementing the sanctity of the forest-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative praṇidhāna (one-pointed concentration) is implied; no external ritual is specified.