Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

योगशाला हि गंतव्या कर्त्तव्यं गुरुवंदनम् । न चकारं महामंत्रं जपितव्यमहर्निशम्

Transliteration

yogaśālā hi gaṃtavyā karttavyaṃ guruvaṃdanam | na cakāraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ japitavyamaharniśam

Translation

ควรไปยังโยคศาลาโดยแท้ และควรกระทำคุรุวันทนา คือการนอบน้อมแด่ครู. มหามนต์ ‘นะ-จักการะ’ พึงสวดภาวนาทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน.

Word by Word

• योग-शाला: yoga-hall, place of practice
• योग-शाला: Karta/Topic (about which obligation is stated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योगस्य शाला); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (fem.)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• गन्तव्या: to be gone to, should be visited
• गन्तव्या: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (fem.)

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done
• कर्तव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (neuter)

• गुरु-वन्दनम्: salutation to the teacher
• गुरु-वन्दनम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (what is to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुरोः वन्दनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular (neuter)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• चकारम्: the syllable ‘ca’
• चकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (masc.); here: ‘the syllable/letter ca-kāra’

• महामन्त्रम्: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् मन्त्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (masc.)

• जपितव्यम्: to be recited
• जपितव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here predicative ‘should be recited’

• अहर्निशम्: day and night
• अहर्निशम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial), ‘day and night’

Speaker

King (inferred continuation of instruction-like speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: धर्मारण्य

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: योगशाला/आश्रम में शिष्य/राजा गुरु को वन्दन करता है; जप-माला/मन्त्र-लेख (न-कार) का संकेत; दिन-रात साधना का भाव।

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Mahāmantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady practice is grounded in respect for the guru and continuous mantra-recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse highlights a practice-setting (yogaśālā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Guru-vandana (salutation) and aharniśa japa (day-and-night repetition) are prescribed.