Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

योगोऽयं सेव्यते देवि ज्ञानासिद्धिप्रदः सदा । सनकादिभिराचार्यैर्मुमुक्षुभिरधीश्वरैः

Transliteration

yogo'yaṃ sevyate devi jñānāsiddhipradaḥ sadā | sanakādibhirācāryairmumukṣubhiradhīśvaraiḥ

Translation

Ô Déesse, ce Yoga doit être pratiqué sans cesse, car il confère infailliblement la connaissance véritable et l’accomplissement spirituel. Il a été cultivé par des maîtres vénérables tels que Sanaka et d’autres, par les aspirants à la délivrance et par de grands seigneurs maîtres d’eux-mêmes.

Word by Word

• योगः: yoga
• योगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative singular)

• सेव्यते: is to be practiced/served
• सेव्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present passive, 3rd person singular)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative singular)

• ज्ञान-असिद्धि-प्रदः: giver of knowledge and attainments
• ज्ञान-असिद्धि-प्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + asiddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular) विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः ('knowledge' + 'attainment/siddhi' + 'giver')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'always')

• सनक-आदिभिः: by Sanaka and others
• सनक-आदिभिः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanaka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental plural); तत्पुरुषः ('Sanaka' + 'and others')

• आचार्यैः: by teachers
• आचार्यैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental plural)

• मुमुक्षुभिः: by seekers of liberation
• मुमुक्षुभिः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mumukṣu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental plural)

• अधीश्वरैः: by great lords/overlords
• अधीश्वरैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental plural)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from direct address to Devī/Pārvatī in a yoga-teaching context within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on yoga; behind them appear the Kumāras (Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, Sanatkumāra) as youthful sages, symbolizing the authority of the teaching; a tīrtha landscape frames the discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sanaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga, as taught in the Purāṇic tradition, is a reliable means to both liberating knowledge (jñāna) and spiritual attainments (siddhi), and is endorsed by ancient sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (chapter 262), praising yogic realization in a tīrtha-setting, though this single verse does not name the site explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite (snāna/dāna) is specified here; the prescription is sustained practice of yoga as a spiritual discipline.