Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तथा ज्ञानमधिप्राप्य योगी त्यजति संसृतिम् । ज्ञात्वा सर्वगतं ब्रह्म सर्वज्ञ परमेश्वर

Transliteration

tathā jñānamadhiprāpya yogī tyajati saṃsṛtim | jñātvā sarvagataṃ brahma sarvajña parameśvara

Translation

Ainsi, ayant pleinement atteint la connaissance, le yogin abandonne le cours des renaissances. Ayant réalisé Brahman, qui pénètre tout—ô Seigneur suprême, omniscient—(il est délivré).

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus/in that way')

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• अधि-प्राप्य: having attained
• अधि-प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhi-√prāp (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्ग: अधि; अर्थ: 'having attained/obtained'

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• त्यजति: abandons
• त्यजति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• संसृतिम्: worldly transmigration
• संसृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √jñā (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थ: 'having known/realized'

• सर्वगतम्: all-pervading
• सर्वगतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (√gam, क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ब्रह्म)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• सर्वज्ञ: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन (vocative/nominative used in address)

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

A narrator/teacher voice within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (exact named speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paramēśvara (addressed as sarvajña)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin, serene and inward, realizes the all-pervading Brahman; the world is shown as permeated by subtle light, while the Supreme Lord is invoked as the omniscient witness.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Complete realization (jñāna) culminates in release from saṃsāra; liberation is framed as knowing the all-pervading Absolute under the Lord’s sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is doctrinal within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the snippet itself does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given here; the focus is on the inner fruition of yoga and knowledge.