Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

मत्तोऽपि ज्ञानयोगेनस्कन्दोऽप्यधिकभावभृत् । विस्मयाविष्टहृदयः पार्वतीमनुशिष्टवान्

Transliteration

matto'pi jñānayogenaskando'pyadhikabhāvabhṛt | vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ pārvatīmanuśiṣṭavān

Translation

Au-delà même de moi, Skanda—porteur d’une ferveur spirituelle plus haute par le Yoga de la Connaissance—le cœur saisi d’émerveillement, instruisit Pārvatī.

Word by Word

• मत्तः: from me
• मत्तः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन — 'from me'

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• ज्ञानयोगेन: by the yoga of knowledge
• ज्ञानयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — 'by/through the yoga of knowledge' (ज्ञानस्य योगः)

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — 'Skanda'

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also')

• अधिकभावभृत्: bearing heightened feeling
• अधिकभावभृत्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भृ (धातु) + कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'bearing superior/excessive feeling/state' (अधिकः भावः यस्य सः/तं बिभर्ति)

• विस्मयाविष्टहृदयः: with heart filled with wonder
• विस्मयाविष्टहृदयः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त; √विश्/√आ-विश् + क्त) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'whose heart is possessed by amazement'

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — 'Pārvatī'

• अनुशिष्टवान्: instructed
• अनुशिष्टवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शास् (धातु) उपसर्ग: अनु + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle used as finite): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'having instructed' (= instructed)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (youthful, radiant, spear-bearing yet in teaching posture) addresses Pārvatī seated attentively; the atmosphere is luminous with ‘knowledge-fire’ rather than battlefield energy.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Pārvatī
• Jñāna-yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents jñāna-yoga as an elevating force that empowers even divine teachers to guide others with clarity and awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader section belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse itself is teacher–disciple narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it foregrounds instruction (anuśāsana) and inner yoga.