Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अहं त्वां याजयिष्यामि तेन यज्ञेन पार्थिव । गच्छसि त्रिदिवं येन इष्टमात्रेण तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvāṃ yājayiṣyāmi tena yajñena pārthiva | gacchasi tridivaṃ yena iṣṭamātreṇa tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

ਹੇ ਪਾਰਥਿਵ ਰਾਜਨ! ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਯਜ್ಞ-ਵਿਧੀ ਨਾਲ ਯਜਮਾਨ ਬਣਾਵਾਂਗਾ; ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਹਵਨ ਪੂਰਾ ਹੋਣ ਮਾਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਦਿਵ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇਂਗਾ।

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yājayiṣyāmi: I will cause (you) to perform sacrifice / officiate your sacrifice
• yājayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (yajñena)

• yajñena: by the sacrifice
• yajñena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• gacchasi: you go / will go
• gacchasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tridivam: to heaven
• tridivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• iṣṭa-mātreṇa: by merely performing the offering
• iṣṭa-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (iṣṭasya mātram)

• tat-kṣaṇāt: instantly
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-प्रयोगेण कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately/from that moment)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra assures the king: a consecrated fire-altar, ladles and offerings ready; the king listens as the sage gestures toward the blazing sacred fire, implying instant ascent to svarga upon completion.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed Vedic sacrifice, under a competent sage, is presented as a powerful means of upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it complements the chapter’s pilgrimage theme by adding yajña as a remedial act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a yajña (sacrifice) officiated by the sage, described as yielding immediate heavenly result.