Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वं चंद्रस्त्वं प्रभाकरः । त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं चतुर्वक्त्रः शक्रस्त्वं परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvaṃ caṃdrastvaṃ prabhākaraḥ | tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ caturvaktraḥ śakrastvaṃ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

พระองค์คือยัญญะ พระองค์คือวศัฏการ; พระองค์คือจันทรา พระองค์คือประภากรคือสุริยะ. พระองค์คือวิษณุ พระองค์คือพรหมสี่พักตร์; พระองค์คือศักระ (อินทรา) โอ้ปรเมศวร

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वषट्कारः: the vaṣaṭ-call (sacrificial exclamation)
• वषट्कारः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वषट्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चन्द्रः: the moon
• चन्द्रः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभाकरः: the sun (light-maker)
• प्रभाकरः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुर्वक्त्रः: the four-faced one (Brahmā)
• चतुर्वक्त्रः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य (ब्रह्मा)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Viśeṣya (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: परमः ईश्वरः

Speaker

A devotee (tīrtha-related narrator context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the Rāmeśvara emblem at center; around it appear symbols of yajña (altar, ladle, vaṣaṭ flame), the Moon and Sun, Viṣṇu with conch-disc, Brahmā four-faced, Indra with vajra—each dissolving into one radiant Parameśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Vaṣaṭkāra
• Candra
• Prabhākara (Sūrya)
• Viṣṇu
• Caturvaktra (Brahmā)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Parameśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord is the inner reality of all deities and even the Vedic sacrificial act—worship directed to him is all-inclusive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports tīrtha-māhātmya by grounding pilgrimage and worship in the doctrine of the one Lord behind all forms; no single site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references Vedic ritual elements (yajña, vaṣaṭkāra) to teach identity with the Supreme, but does not prescribe a specific rite.