Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सर्वजगद्ब्रह्ममयं संजातं नात्र संशयः । नवम्या च सुलेपश्च कर्तव्यो यज्ञमूर्तये

Transliteration

sarvajagadbrahmamayaṃ saṃjātaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | navamyā ca sulepaśca kartavyo yajñamūrtaye

Translation

निःसंशय हे सर्व जग ब्रह्ममय झाले आहे। नवमी तिथीस यज्ञमूर्ती भगवंतासाठी उत्तम लेप (अनुलेपन) करावा.

Word by Word

• सर्वजगत्: the entire world
• सर्वजगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वं जगत्)

• ब्रह्ममयम्: made of Brahman
• ब्रह्ममयम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तद्धितार्थ-समासः (ब्रह्मणः मयम् = consisting of Brahman)

• संजातम्: has arisen/come into being
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नवम्या: on the ninth (tithi/day)
• नवम्या: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; काल/अवसरवाचक-तृतीया (on the ninth day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुलेपः: good anointing/plastering
• सुलेपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कर्तव्यः: should be done
• कर्तव्यः: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विध्यर्थक-कर्तव्य (gerundive/obligatory)

• यज्ञमूर्तये: for the embodiment of sacrifice
• यज्ञमूर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मूर्तिः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgara Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctum where Viṣṇu as Yajñamūrti is approached on Navamī; priests prepare fragrant paste and begin the ceremonial lepa while devotees contemplate the deity’s cosmic pervasion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Yajña-mūrti (Deity as Sacrifice)
• Navamī tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the world as Brahman-filled culminates in worship: ritual service becomes an expression of cosmic unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gives a vrata-like instruction inside the chapter’s tīrtha discourse; the site is not specified in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform a ‘su-lepa’ (auspicious anointing/smearing—often with sandal paste) on Navamī for the deity described as Yajña-mūrti.