Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

हृदि संकल्प्य यद्रूपं ध्यानेनार्चंति योगिनः । सम्यग्भावात्मकैः पुष्पैर्मोक्षाय कृत निश्चयाः

Transliteration

hṛdi saṃkalpya yadrūpaṃ dhyānenārcaṃti yoginaḥ | samyagbhāvātmakaiḥ puṣpairmokṣāya kṛta niścayāḥ

Translation

Les yogins, ayant conçu dans le cœur la forme de la Déesse qu’ils choisissent, l’adorent par la méditation, offrant les fleurs du juste sentiment intérieur, résolus à la délivrance.

Word by Word

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• संकल्प्य: having conceived; having imagined
• संकल्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam√kḷp (कॢप्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): “having imagined/formed (a resolve)”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन

• अर्चन्ति: they worship
• अर्चन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “properly”)

• भावात्मकैः: consisting of (right) feeling
• भावात्मकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (भाव-आत्मक: “consisting of right feeling/inner disposition”)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन

• मोक्षाय: for liberation
• मोक्षाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन (dative singular)

• कृत: made; having made
• कृत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (with niścayāḥ)

• निश्चयाः: resolutions; firm determinations
• निश्चयाः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; prior speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana; within his heart-lotus a miniature Devī shines; intangible ‘flowers’ of luminous emotions rise like petals toward her; the background fades into stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Yogins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner worship—meditation with sincere bhāva—is a complete offering and can lead to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It supports the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification by showing the Devī’s accessibility through inner worship at this sacred locale (the site name is not specified in this verse alone).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mānasa-pūjā (mental worship): conceiving the deity in the heart and offering ‘flowers’ of right devotional feeling through dhyāna.