Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यज्ञोऽसि यज्ञरूपोऽसि यज्ञांगोऽसि रमापते । ततोऽद्य कृपया विष्णो देवानां वरदो भव

Transliteration

yajño'si yajñarūpo'si yajñāṃgo'si ramāpate | tato'dya kṛpayā viṣṇo devānāṃ varado bhava

Translation

พระองค์ทรงเป็นยัญญะเอง พระองค์ทรงเป็นรูปแห่งยัญญะ พระองค์ทรงเป็นอวัยวะแห่งยัญญะ ข้าแต่พระรามาปติ ดังนั้นในวันนี้ ข้าแต่พระวิษณุ ขอทรงพระกรุณาเป็นผู้ประทานพรแก่เหล่าเทพ

Word by Word

• यज्ञः: (you are) the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यज्ञरूपः: one whose form is sacrifice
• यज्ञरूपः: Predicate-noun (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (यज्ञस्य रूपम्/यज्ञरूपः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यज्ञाङ्गः: a limb/part of the sacrifice
• यज्ञाङ्गः: Predicate-noun (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (यज्ञस्य अङ्गम्/यज्ञाङ्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• रमापते: O Lord of Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• रमापते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (रमायाः पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Discourse adverb (हेतु/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from that)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (time adverb)

• कृपया: by compassion, out of mercy
• कृपया: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वरदः: a giver of boons
• वरदः: Predicate-noun (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate complement)

• भव: become, be
• भव: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrārṇava-taṭa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (Hari)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā proclaims Viṣṇu as the sacrifice itself and its limbs, then petitions Him to compassionately grant boons to the gods.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Ramā (Lakṣmī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred rites culminate in the Divine—yajña is meaningful because the Lord is its inner reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is theological (yajña-centered) rather than site-descriptive; the broader setting is Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is instructed; the verse frames yajña as a divine principle and offers a prayer for grace.