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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

स मया भगवा विष्णुर्बालभावेन संस्थितः । निजयज्ञस्यरक्षार्थं समानीतः स्वमाश्रमम् । राक्षसानां विनाशाय यज्ञकर्मविनाशिनाम्

Transliteration

sa mayā bhagavā viṣṇurbālabhāvena saṃsthitaḥ | nijayajñasyarakṣārthaṃ samānītaḥ svamāśramam | rākṣasānāṃ vināśāya yajñakarmavināśinām

Translation

ആ ഭഗവാൻ വിഷ്ണു ബാലഭാവത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, എന്റെ യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ രക്ഷയ്ക്കായി ഞാൻ അവനെ എന്റെ ആശ്രമത്തിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടുവന്നു; യജ്ഞകർമ്മം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്ന രാക്ഷസന്മാരുടെ വിനാശത്തിനായി।

Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; सर्वनाम
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental singular; कर्तृवाचक-करण (by me)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; विशेष्यः ‘विष्णुः’
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; ‘भगवान्’ इति विशेषणेन युक्तः
बालभावेनin a childlike state
बालभावेन:
Karana (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल-भाव (प्रातिपदिक; बाल + भाव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental singular; अवस्थावाचक (in the state of childhood)
संस्थितःwas present/abiding
संस्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे: स्थितः/अवस्थितः (was situated)
निजयज्ञस्यof (my) own sacrifice
निजयज्ञस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनिज-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; निज + यज्ञ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Genitive singular; ‘रक्षार्थम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः
रक्षार्थम्for protection
रक्षार्थम्:
Karma (Object/Purpose/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षा-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; रक्षा + अर्थ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; प्रयोजनार्थे (for protection)
समानीतःwas brought
समानीतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-नी (धातु) → समानीत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे: आनीतः (was brought)
स्वम्own
स्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Accusative singular; विशेषणम् ‘आश्रमम्’
आश्रमम्hermitage
आश्रमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Accusative singular
राक्षसानाम्of the demons
राक्षसानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन = Genitive plural
विनाशायfor destruction
विनाशाय:
Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootविनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन = Dative singular; प्रयोजनार्थे (for destruction)
यज्ञकर्मविनाशिनाम्of those who destroy sacrificial rites
यज्ञकर्मविनाशिनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञ-कर्म-विनाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + कर्म + विनाशिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन = Genitive plural; विशेषणम् ‘राक्षसानाम्’
Speaker

A ṛṣi associated with protecting a yajña (contextually reminiscent of Viśvāmitra’s role in the Rāmāyaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āśrama-kṣetra (yajña-rakṣā-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator (a sage) recounts bringing youthful Rāma-Viṣṇu to his hermitage to guard the yajña; rākṣasas threaten the rite; the scene is charged with protective heroism and sacred firelight.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
R
Rākṣasas
Y
Yajña
Ā
Āśrama
R
Rāma (implied as Viṣṇu in youthful form)

FAQs

Yajña and dharma are to be safeguarded; divine power supports righteous ritual and the communities that uphold it.

The verse centers on an āśrama and sacrificial setting; the particular tīrtha name is not specified in this excerpt.

The protection and completion of a yajña is highlighted; it implies the sanctity of maintaining uninterrupted sacrificial rites.

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