Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यत्रास्ते भगवान्विष्णुर्योगनिद्रावशंगतः । शयानः शेषपर्यंके लक्ष्म्या संवाहितांघ्रियुक्

Transliteration

yatrāste bhagavānviṣṇuryoganidrāvaśaṃgataḥ | śayānaḥ śeṣaparyaṃke lakṣmyā saṃvāhitāṃghriyuk

Translation

Là demeure Bhagavān Viṣṇu, saisi par le sommeil yogique : étendu sur la couche de Śeṣa, les pieds doucement servis par Lakṣmī.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध) = where

• āste: remains (reclining)
• āste: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (आस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद = sits/remains

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष्य = the Blessed Lord

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भोग्य-विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण (bhagavān)

• yoga-nidrā-vaśam-gataḥ: having entered yogic sleep
• yoga-nidrā-vaśam-gataḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + nidrā (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + √gam (गम् धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (योगनिद्रायाः वशं गतः) + क्त-प्रत्यय = having come under the control of yogic sleep

• śayānaḥ: reclining
• śayānaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śī (शी धातु) → śayāna (कृदन्त-वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (present participle) = lying/reclining

• śeṣa-paryaṅke: on Śeṣa’s couch
• śeṣa-paryaṅke: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + paryaṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शेषस्य पर्यङ्के) = on the couch of Śeṣa

• lakṣmyā: by Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyā: Karana (Agentive instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/सहकारि = by Lakṣmī

• saṃvāhita-aṅghri-yuk: whose feet are being massaged
• saṃvāhita-aṅghri-yuk: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√vāh (वाह् धातु) → saṃvāhita (कृदन्त-क्त) + aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक) + yuk (प्रातिपदिक; युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः = ‘he whose feet are massaged’; अङ्घ्रि = feet; युक्/युक्त = endowed with

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta in Nāgara Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene cosmic chamber: Viṣṇu reclines on Śeṣa’s coils; Lakṣmī sits near his feet, gently massaging/attending them; a luminous, white, oceanic ambience of Śvetadvīpa.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Yoganidrā
• Śeṣa
• Lakṣmī
• Śvetadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the cosmic sustainer—serene, self-possessed, and worship-worthy—even while resting in yogic slumber.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetadvīpa is depicted as the divine realm where Viṣṇu rests upon Śeṣa with Lakṣmī’s service.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse supports dhyāna (meditation) on Viṣṇu’s form and abode.