Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

हृदि संकल्प्य यद्रूपं ध्यानेनार्चंति योगिनः । सम्यग्भावात्मकैः पुष्पैर्मोक्षाय कृत निश्चयाः

Transliteration

hṛdi saṃkalpya yadrūpaṃ dhyānenārcaṃti yoginaḥ | samyagbhāvātmakaiḥ puṣpairmokṣāya kṛta niścayāḥ

Translation

யோகிகள் இதயத்தில் எந்த வடிவத்தைச் சங்கல்பிக்கிறார்களோ, தியானத்தால் அதே வடிவில் அவளை வழிபடுகின்றனர்; சரியான உள்ளுணர்வு மலர்களை அர்ப்பணித்து, மோட்சத்திற்குத் திடநிச்சயம் கொண்டிருப்பர்.

Word by Word

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• संकल्प्य: having conceived; having imagined
• संकल्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam√kḷp (कॢप्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): “having imagined/formed (a resolve)”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन

• अर्चन्ति: they worship
• अर्चन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “properly”)

• भावात्मकैः: consisting of (right) feeling
• भावात्मकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (भाव-आत्मक: “consisting of right feeling/inner disposition”)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन

• मोक्षाय: for liberation
• मोक्षाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन (dative singular)

• कृत: made; having made
• कृत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (with niścayāḥ)

• निश्चयाः: resolutions; firm determinations
• निश्चयाः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; prior speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana; within his heart-lotus a miniature Devī shines; intangible ‘flowers’ of luminous emotions rise like petals toward her; the background fades into stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Yogins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner worship—meditation with sincere bhāva—is a complete offering and can lead to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It supports the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification by showing the Devī’s accessibility through inner worship at this sacred locale (the site name is not specified in this verse alone).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mānasa-pūjā (mental worship): conceiving the deity in the heart and offering ‘flowers’ of right devotional feeling through dhyāna.