Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
देवतानां मुखं तद्धि कीर्त्यते याज्ञिकैः सदा । एवं योगी सदाऽभ्यासाज्जायते मोक्षभाजनम्
devatānāṃ mukhaṃ taddhi kīrtyate yājñikaiḥ sadā | evaṃ yogī sadā'bhyāsājjāyate mokṣabhājanam
യജ്ഞകർമ്മികൾ അതിനെ എപ്പോഴും ‘ദേവന്മാരുടെ മുഖം’ എന്നു കീർത്തിക്കുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ നിരന്തര അഭ്യാസയോഗത്താൽ യോഗി മോക്ഷപാത്രനാകുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī/Devī
Scene: A yajñika altar at a tīrtha with rising oblations and Vedic reciters; beside it a yogin seated in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, suggesting the ‘mouth of the gods’ as both ritual fire and inner channel to liberation.
FAQs
Steady practice (abhyāsa) matures a seeker into a worthy recipient of mokṣa, aligning inner yoga with the sanctity praised in yajña traditions.
No particular site is named; the verse emphasizes ritual theology and yogic maturation within the Māhātmya setting.
The prescription is sustained abhyāsa (regular practice); yajñika language is used to frame its sacred efficacy.