Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच । त्वत्कृपाभिरहं धीर जातः सुरभिविग्रहः । एतत्स्थानं यथा ख्यातिं याति सर्वज्ञ तत्कुरु

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca | tvatkṛpābhirahaṃ dhīra jātaḥ surabhivigrahaḥ | etatsthānaṃ yathā khyātiṃ yāti sarvajña tatkuru

Translation

യക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ധീരാ! നിങ്ങളുടെ കൃപയാൽ ഞാൻ സുഗന്ധമുള്ള ദേഹധാരിയായി. ഹേ സർവ്വജ്ഞാ! ഈ സ്ഥലം പ്രശസ്തി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നവിധം ദയചെയ്തു ചെയ്യുക.

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yakṣa
• यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वत्कृपाभिः: by your mercies
• त्वत्कृपाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-कृपा)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धीर: O steadfast one
• धीर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• जातः: has become; was born
• जातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; भावे ‘become’

• सुरभिविग्रहः: one whose body is fragrant
• सुरभिविग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभि (प्रातिपदिक) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुरभिः विग्रहः = सुगन्ध-शरीरः)

• एतत्स्थानम्: this place
• एतत्स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतत् (सर्वनाम) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (एतत्-स्थान)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• याति: attains; goes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वज्ञ: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तत्कुरु: do that
• तत्कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; तत् (सर्वनाम) + कुरु (संधि)

Speaker

Yakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha (specific spot of abhiṣeka)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The fragrant yakṣa, radiant and grateful, addresses Agastya: ‘By your compassion I am transformed; make this place renowned.’ Agastya listens, composed, with the tīrtha behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• sthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace received should culminate in promoting dharmic remembrance—ensuring sacred places are honored and preserved.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular “sthāna” in Ayodhyā’s sacred geography is being requested to gain fame; the naming is clarified later as a tīrtha identity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse anticipates tīrtha-mahattva (formal recognition and glorification of the site).