Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
यज्ञकर्मविलोपोऽयं मा भूत्त्वयि समागते
Transliteration
yajñakarmavilopo'yaṃ mā bhūttvayi samāgate
Translation
«Qu’il n’y ait point de trouble dans le rite sacrificiel, maintenant que tu es venu.»
Word by Word
यज्ञ-कर्म-विलोपःthe disruption of the sacrificial rite
यज्ञ-कर्म-विलोपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विलोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः: यज्ञस्य कर्म इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘यज्ञकर्म’; तस्य विलोपः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्
माdo not/let not
मा:
Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्ययम्; लोट्/विधिलिङ्/लङ् इत्यादिषु निषेधः
भूत्be (let it be)
भूत्:
Kriyā (Prohibitive command)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; ‘let it be’ (निषेधेन: ‘let it not be’)
त्वयिwhen you (are present)
त्वयि:
Adhikaraṇa (Context)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्; ‘in/when you’
समागतेhaving arrived
समागते:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tvayi’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
Formसम्+आ+गम् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्; (त्वयि इति विशेषणम्) ‘having arrived’
Speaker
Unspecified (continuation of the same address to a deity, likely Brahmā to Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The petitioner, still in añjali, speaks a calming line; the yajña fire steadies; attendants pause; Śiva’s presence dominates the enclosure, suggesting imminent resolution.
Characters & Entities
Y
YajñaD
Deity (addressee)FAQs
The presence of the divine should stabilize dharma and remove obstacles from sacred action.
The verse functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative but does not explicitly name a particular tīrtha in this line.
An explicit injunction/prayer that the yajña should not suffer interruption (vilopa).