Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यज्ञाय भुक्तहविष ऋग्यजुःसामरूपिणे । नमः सरस्वतीगीतदिव्यसद्गणशालिने

Transliteration

yajñāya bhuktahaviṣa ṛgyajuḥsāmarūpiṇe | namaḥ sarasvatīgītadivyasadgaṇaśāline

Translation

യജ്ഞസ്വരൂപനേ, ഹവിയെ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നവനേ, ഋഗ്-യജുഃ-സാമരൂപധാരിയേ; സരസ്വതീഗീതത്തിൽ സ്തുതിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന, ദിവ്യ സദ്ഗണസഭയിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവനേ—നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• yajñāya: to the sacrifice (personified)
• yajñāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• bhukta-haviṣe: to the one who has consumed the oblation
• bhukta-haviṣe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhukta (कृदन्त; √bhuj भुज् (धातु) क्त) + haviṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भुक्तं हविः येन/यस्य)

• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-rūpiṇe: to the one whose form is the Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman
• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-rūpiṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (प्रातिपदिक) + yajuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + sāman (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ऋग्यजुःसाम-रूपः)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation formula)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• sarasvatī-gīta-divya-sat-gaṇa-śāline: to the one endowed with Sarasvatī’s song and a divine company of the good
• sarasvatī-gīta-divya-sat-gaṇa-śāline: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + divya (प्रातिपदिक) + sat (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सरस्वत्याः गीतं; दिव्यः सतां गणः; तेन शालिन् = युक्त/सम्पन्न)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa stuti context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden-hued Nārāyaṇa as Yajña-Puruṣa seated in a celestial sabhā of sādhus and devas; Vedic meters embodied as radiant scrolls/lotuses; Sarasvatī singing with vīṇā as the hymn’s source.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Sarasvatī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred rites and Vedic speech culminate in the Divine; the Lord is both the sacrifice and the receiver of offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the praised sacred setting where Vedic devotion and stuti are framed as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is referenced conceptually (offerings/havis), but no specific procedural injunction is given in this verse.