Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तत्रायं यजुषां मध्ये ब्रह्मणो दक्षिणान्मुखात् । अशेषोपनिषत्सारो रुद्राध्यायः समुद्गतः

Transliteration

tatrāyaṃ yajuṣāṃ madhye brahmaṇo dakṣiṇānmukhāt | aśeṣopaniṣatsāro rudrādhyāyaḥ samudgataḥ

Translation

అక్కడ యజుర్వేదమధ్యలో, బ్రహ్మ యొక్క దక్షిణ ముఖం నుండి ఈ రుద్రాధ్యాయం ఉద్భవించింది—ఇది సమస్త ఉపనిషత్తుల నిశ్శేష సారం.

Word by Word

• tatra: there, in that context
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yajuṣām: of the Yajus (Yajur-veda texts)
• yajuṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• madhye: in the middle/among
• madhye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (अधिकरण)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• dakṣiṇāt: from the right (side)
• dakṣiṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; दिशावाचक विशेषण (ablative)

• mukhāt: from the mouth/face
• mukhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• aśeṣopaniṣatsāraḥ: the essence of all Upaniṣads
• aśeṣopaniṣatsāraḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + upaniṣad (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अशेषाणां उपनिषदां सारः)

• rudrādhyāyaḥ: the Rudra-chapter
• rudrādhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य अध्यायः)

• samudgataḥ: arisen, emerged
• samudgataḥ: Predicate (State/गुणवचन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√gam (गम् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘समुद्गतः’ = arisen/emerged

Speaker

Muni (continuing instruction to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā’s southern face (dakṣiṇa-mukha) emitting a stream of sacred syllables that condense into the Rudrādhyāya; sages receive it as a luminous manuscript labeled ‘Yajus’; subtle Upaniṣadic symbols (lamp, inner lotus).

Characters & Entities

• Yajurveda
• Brahmā
• Rudrādhyāya
• Upaniṣads

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva revelation is integrated with Vedic tradition; Rudrādhyāya is elevated as the Upaniṣadic essence within the Yajurveda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy place is referenced; the verse discusses textual lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; it implies the sanctity of Rudrādhyāya recitation as Vedic.