Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एषोऽह शरणं प्राप्तो युष्माकं द्विजसत्तमाः । अनुगृह्णीत मां सर्वे दीक्षायै यज्ञकर्मणः

Transliteration

eṣo'ha śaraṇaṃ prāpto yuṣmākaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | anugṛhṇīta māṃ sarve dīkṣāyai yajñakarmaṇaḥ

Translation

«Я пришёл, ища прибежища у вас, о лучшие из двиджа, дважды‑рождённых. Будьте милостивы ко мне все, дабы я получил дикшу (dīkṣā) — посвящение для совершения этой яджны.»

Word by Word

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: has attained; has come to
• प्राप्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘प्राप्तवान्/attained’

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; समास: द्विजानां सत्तमाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अनुगृह्णीत: please favor; be gracious to
• अनुगृह्णीत: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: अनु-; अर्थ: ‘show favor’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दीक्षायै: for initiation (dīkṣā)
• दीक्षायै: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• यज्ञकर्मणः: of the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञकर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + karman (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समास: यज्ञस्य कर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, hands folded, addresses an assembly of venerable brāhmaṇas, requesting refuge and dīkṣā for commencing the sacrifice; the yajña pavilion and fire altar frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas/ṛtviks)
• Dīkṣā
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest seeks dharmic authorization—humility before sacred law and its custodians is itself a purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the kṣetra-centered yajña narrative within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the named tīrtha is established in the adjoining passages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Request for dīkṣā (ritual consecration) as a prerequisite to properly undertake the yajña-karman.