Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यस्य देहे सदा श्रीमान्विश्वव्यापी जनार्दनः । नित्यमर्चयते योऽसौ वेदमन्त्रैः सनातनैः

Transliteration

yasya dehe sadā śrīmānviśvavyāpī janārdanaḥ | nityamarcayate yo'sau vedamantraiḥ sanātanaiḥ

Translation

Dans son être même demeure sans cesse le glorieux Janārdana, qui pénètre l’univers. C’est lui qui, continuellement, adore (le Seigneur) par les mantras éternels du Veda.

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• dehe: in (the) body
• dehe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śrīmān: glorious/fortunate
• śrīmān: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• viśva-vyāpī: all-pervading
• viśva-vyāpī: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (viśvaṃ vyāpnoti iti)

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णु-नाम

• nityam: daily/constantly
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• arcayate: worships
• arcayate: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• asau: that very one
• asau: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• veda-mantraiḥ: with Vedic mantras
• veda-mantraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (vedasya mantrāḥ)

• sanātanaiḥ: eternal/ancient
• sanātanaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (veda-mantraiḥ)

Speaker

Narrative voice not explicit in the snippet (context: Tīrthamāhātmya narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A saintly devotee performs daily arcana with Vedic mantras; within his body shines a subtle form of Janārdana, indicating indwelling divinity and constant worship.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is continual and Veda-rooted: the Lord’s all-pervading presence is honored through steady, mantra-guided worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on the deity (Janārdana) rather than naming a distinct tīrtha in this line; the broader adhyāya remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-arcana—daily worship using sanātana (eternal) Vedic mantras.