Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

यो यस्मिन्संस्थितो गात्रे देवस्तव समुद्भवे । तत्र पूजां समादाय तस्मात्त्वां तर्पयिष्यति

Transliteration

yo yasminsaṃsthito gātre devastava samudbhave | tatra pūjāṃ samādāya tasmāttvāṃ tarpayiṣyati

Translation

«Quel que soit le dieu établi dans tel ou tel membre de ton corps, ô être surgi — là même il recevra le culte, et par ce culte il te rassasiera».

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संस्थितः: situated, established
• संस्थितः: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक; √sthā (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय, उपसर्ग: sam-)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गात्रे: in the body/limb
• गात्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• देवः: a god/deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• समुद्भवे: O one arisen (from you)/in (your) origin
• समुद्भवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक; sam-ud-√bhū (धातु) से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विशेषणार्थे 'समुद्भवे' (O one arisen/ in origin)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समादाय: having undertaken/taken up
• समादाय: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• तस्मात्: from that (place/point)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तर्पयिष्यति: will satisfy/propitiate
• तर्पयिष्यति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (धातु), causative stem tarpaya-
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; हेतुमद्-प्रयोग (causative)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (direct speech).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu instructs the spirit-being: deities are shown residing in different limbs; each limb becomes a shrine-node where offerings are made; the being’s fierce expression softens as worship is promised.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Deva
• Bhūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship (pūjā) aligned to divine presence transforms conflict into harmony; reverence is presented as a dharmic solution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the principle of localized worship within a māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā is prescribed—worship to the deity situated in the respective place/limb, resulting in tarpaṇa (satisfaction/propitiation).