Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पूजयिष्यति यो देवं पद्मयोनिं ततः परम् । स शूद्रोऽपि तनुं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

pūjayiṣyati yo devaṃ padmayoniṃ tataḥ param | sa śūdro'pi tanuṃ tyaktvā brahmayonau prayāsyati

Translation

ಅನಂತರ ಯಾರು ಪದ್ಮಯೋನಿ ದೇವ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುವನೋ, ಅವನು ಶೂದ್ರನಾದರೂ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಯೋನಿ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಸ್ಥಿತಿ)ಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವನು।

Word by Word

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → pūjay + लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• padmayonim: Padmayoni (Brahmā)
• padmayonim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पद्मात् योनिः यस्य सः (Brahmā) इति रूढिः

• tataḥ: thereafter, from that
• tataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• param: afterwards, further
• param: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)

• śūdraḥ: a Śūdra
• śūdraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• tanum: body
• tanum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (धातु) → tyaktvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• brahmayonau: in the womb/origin of Brahman
• brahmayonau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः योनिः इति

• prayāsyati: will go, will attain
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yā (धातु) → prayā + लृट्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers and water to Brahmā (Padmayoni) near a sacred pool/altar; the scene emphasizes inclusivity—humble worshipper elevated by grace.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmayoni)
• Brahma-yoni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a sanctified tīrtha is presented as universally efficacious, emphasizing spiritual accessibility through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa and its associated worship of Brahmā (Padmayoni).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Brahmā, the Lotus-born, as a tīrtha-linked observance with salvific fruit.