Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अंतरं नैव पश्यामि विष्णोर्योगपरस्य वा । एकोऽपि योगी यद्गेहे ग्रासमात्रं भुनक्ति च

Transliteration

aṃtaraṃ naiva paśyāmi viṣṇoryogaparasya vā | eko'pi yogī yadgehe grāsamātraṃ bhunakti ca

Translation

വിഷ്ണുവിനും യോഗപരായണനുമായ ഒരുവനും തമ്മിൽ ഞാൻ യാതൊരു വ്യത്യാസവും കാണുന്നില്ല. ഏതു വീട്ടിൽ ഒരേയൊരു യോഗി പോലും ഒരു ഗ്രാസമാത്രം ഭുജിച്ചാലും ആ ഗൃഹം പവിത്രമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अन्तरम्: difference, distinction
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘अन्तर’ = भेद/अन्तर (difference)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• योगपरस्य: of one devoted to yoga
• योगपरस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-पर (प्रातिपदिक; योग + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘योगे परः’ = योगनिष्ठ (devoted to yoga)

• वा: or
• वा: Connector (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• एकः: one (single)
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्: in whose
• यत्: Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• गेहे: in (the) house
• गेहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह/गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ग्रासमात्रम्: only a mouthful
• ग्रासमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रास-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रास + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘मात्र’ = केवल-परिमाण (only as much as)

• भुनक्ति: eats
• भुनक्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhu-nivāsa (presence of yogin)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder offers a small morsel of food to a serene yogin; Viṣṇu’s aura subtly overlays the yogin, indicating non-difference; the home glows like a shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Yogī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true yogin is revered as divine; honoring and feeding such a person is spiritually elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit site is named in the verse; it glorifies the sanctifying power of a yogin within the Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atithi-dharma by implication: offering even simple food to a yogin is meritorious.