Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा प्रवर्तंते यथा यज्ञास्तथा कुरु । तैर्विना नैव तृप्तिः स्यादस्माकं च कथंचन

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā pravartaṃte yathā yajñāstathā kuru | tairvinā naiva tṛptiḥ syādasmākaṃ ca kathaṃcana

Translation

Узнав это, они поступают соответственно; потому совершайте яджны так, как надлежит. Без этих яджн для нас не будет удовлетворения ни при каких обстоятельствах.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakara (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Purvakala (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• pravartante: they proceed/act
• pravartante: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vṛt (वृत्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Sambandha (correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/according as)

• yajñāḥ: sacrifices/rites
• yajñāḥ: Karta (subject in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (so/likewise)

• kuru: do (you)
• kuru: Kriya (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• taiḥ: with them/by them
• taiḥ: Sahakari/Instrument (with them)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apavarga (exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद (preposition) — तृतीया-सह (without + instrumental)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (potential)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmākam: of us/our
• asmākam: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• kathaṃcana: in any way at all
• kathaṃcana: Prakara (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Indra (probable) instructing the devas, or devas quoting an instruction (deduced from imperative 'kuru' and narrative flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic yajña in progress near the sacred site: priests chant, fire blazes, offerings are poured; subtle divine figures (devas) appear satisfied, receiving oblations.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Devas (asmākam)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit does not cancel ritual dharma; yajña remains a pillar that sustains cosmic reciprocity between humans and devas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra’s effects, which prompt concern about the continuity of yajña-based order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of yajñas properly (yathā-yajña) is explicitly urged.