Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यज्ञभागभुजः सर्वे भविष्यंति मया सह । यस्मादेतन्मया तीर्थं बालकैस्तव मंडितम्

Transliteration

yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti mayā saha | yasmādetanmayā tīrthaṃ bālakaistava maṃḍitam

Translation

Tous prendront avec moi leur part des offrandes du sacrifice ; car ce tīrtha sacré, je l’ai paré de tes enfants.

Word by Word

• यज्ञभागभुजः: enjoyers of the sacrificial share
• यज्ञभागभुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-भाग-भुज् (प्रातिपदिक; भुज्-धातुज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य भागं भुङ्क्ते इति)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• भविष्यन्ति: will be / will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Sahakari (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• यस्मात्: because / since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रकारेण; हेत्वर्थे (ablatival sense ‘because/since’), पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्यं ‘तीर्थम्’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: holy place / ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• बालकैः: by the boys/children
• बालकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मण्डितम्: adorned
• मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डित (कृदन्त; मण्ड्/मण्डि-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana-tīrtha (implied; named explicitly next verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-ford/ghāṭa being ritually ‘adorned’—children present with garlands and auspicious items; a deity/guardian figure bestowing the right to partake of yajña portions; offerings arranged on leaf-plates near water.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra
• Indra
• Maruts
• Yajña
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha gains sanctity through divine acts and dharmic alignment; participation in yajña symbolizes restored order and shared merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha is explicitly referenced (“etan… tīrtham”), but its proper name is not provided in this verse excerpt; it belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 22.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies yajña-context (shares in sacrifice) but does not prescribe a specific vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.