Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यज्ञांते च सुरश्रेष्ठं नमस्कृत्य दिवं ययौ । एतच्च कारणं विद्धि हयाननो यतो हरिः

Transliteration

yajñāṃte ca suraśreṣṭhaṃ namaskṛtya divaṃ yayau | etacca kāraṇaṃ viddhi hayānano yato hariḥ

Translation

และเมื่อยัญสิ้นสุด เขากราบนอบน้อมต่อเทวะผู้ประเสริฐที่สุด แล้วไปสู่สวรรค์ จงรู้เถิด นี่คือเหตุที่พระหริถูกเรียกว่า “หะยานนะนะ”

Word by Word

• yajña-ante: at the end of the sacrifice
• yajña-ante: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña-anta (यज्ञ + अन्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यज्ञस्य अन्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• sura-śreṣṭham: the best of the gods
• sura-śreṣṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-śreṣṭha (सुर + श्रेष्ठ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सुरेषु श्रेष्ठः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• namaskṛtya: having saluted
• namaskṛtya: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas-kṛ (नमस् + कृ धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (नमः कृत्वा), क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• divam: to heaven
• divam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (दिव्/द्यौस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• kāraṇam: reason/cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• viddhi: know
• viddhi: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• hayānanaḥ: Hayānana
• hayānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya-ānana (हय + आनन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yataḥ: from whom/because
• yataḥ: Sambandha (Causal/relative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (from which/because)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sacrifice’s end, Brahmā bows to the foremost god (Hari/Viṣṇu), then ascends to heaven; a subtle caption-like emphasis that this act explains the epithet ‘Hayānana’.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Hayānana
• Foremost of the gods (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas preserve sacred causes behind divine names—remembering these stories strengthens devotion and understanding of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred region; its greatness is shown through yajña and the Lord’s celebrated epithet arising in that context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it references the proper closure of a yajña and reverential salutations at its completion.