Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यज्ञकर्मविलोपोऽयं मा भूत्त्वयि समागते

Transliteration

yajñakarmavilopo'yaṃ mā bhūttvayi samāgate

Translation

ನೀನು ಆಗಮಿಸಿದಾಗ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮದ ಈ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಯವು ಸಂಭವಿಸದಿರಲಿ।

Word by Word

• यज्ञ-कर्म-विलोपः: the disruption of the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञ-कर्म-विलोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विलोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: यज्ञस्य कर्म इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘यज्ञकर्म’; तस्य विलोपः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• मा: do not/let not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्ययम्; लोट्/विधिलिङ्/लङ् इत्यादिषु निषेधः

• भूत्: be (let it be)
• भूत्: Kriyā (Prohibitive command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; ‘let it be’ (निषेधेन: ‘let it not be’)

• त्वयि: when you (are present)
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्; ‘in/when you’

• समागते: having arrived
• समागते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tvayi’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: सम्+आ+गम् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्; (त्वयि इति विशेषणम्) ‘having arrived’

Speaker

Unspecified (continuation of the same address to a deity, likely Brahmā to Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The petitioner, still in añjali, speaks a calming line; the yajña fire steadies; attendants pause; Śiva’s presence dominates the enclosure, suggesting imminent resolution.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Deity (addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of the divine should stabilize dharma and remove obstacles from sacred action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative but does not explicitly name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An explicit injunction/prayer that the yajña should not suffer interruption (vilopa).