Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तथा ज्ञानमधिप्राप्य योगी त्यजति संसृतिम् । ज्ञात्वा सर्वगतं ब्रह्म सर्वज्ञ परमेश्वर

Transliteration

tathā jñānamadhiprāpya yogī tyajati saṃsṛtim | jñātvā sarvagataṃ brahma sarvajña parameśvara

Translation

അങ്ങനെ ജ്ഞാനം പൂർണ്ണമായി പ്രാപിച്ച യോഗി സംസാരചക്രം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ സർവ്വജ്ഞ പരമേശ്വരാ, സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ ബ്രഹ്മത്തെ അറിഞ്ഞ് അവൻ മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus/in that way')

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• अधि-प्राप्य: having attained
• अधि-प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhi-√prāp (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्ग: अधि; अर्थ: 'having attained/obtained'

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• त्यजति: abandons
• त्यजति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• संसृतिम्: worldly transmigration
• संसृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √jñā (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थ: 'having known/realized'

• सर्वगतम्: all-pervading
• सर्वगतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (√gam, क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ब्रह्म)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• सर्वज्ञ: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन (vocative/nominative used in address)

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

A narrator/teacher voice within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (exact named speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paramēśvara (addressed as sarvajña)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin, serene and inward, realizes the all-pervading Brahman; the world is shown as permeated by subtle light, while the Supreme Lord is invoked as the omniscient witness.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Complete realization (jñāna) culminates in release from saṃsāra; liberation is framed as knowing the all-pervading Absolute under the Lord’s sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is doctrinal within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the snippet itself does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given here; the focus is on the inner fruition of yoga and knowledge.