Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यजामो विविधैर्यज्ञैः सदा संपूर्णदक्षिणैः । इमं लोकं परं चैव साधयामः सदास्थिताः

Transliteration

yajāmo vividhairyajñaiḥ sadā saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇaiḥ | imaṃ lokaṃ paraṃ caiva sādhayāmaḥ sadāsthitāḥ

Translation

พวกเราจะบูชาด้วยยัญพิธีนานาประการเสมอ พร้อมทักษิณา (บูชาค่าครู) ครบถ้วน; ด้วยความมั่นคงดังนี้ เราจักบรรลุทั้งโลกนี้และโลกหน้า

Word by Word

• यजामः: we sacrifice; we worship
• यजामः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘यज्ञैः’

• यज्ञैः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• संपूर्णदक्षिणैः: with full sacrificial fees
• संपूर्णदक्षिणैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘यज्ञैः’; tatpuruṣa: ‘संपूर्णा दक्षिणा येषां ते’ (here used adjectivally: ‘with complete fees’)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘लोकम्’

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• परम्: other; higher
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘लोकम्’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• साधयामः: we accomplish; we attain
• साधयामः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्थिताः: remaining; abiding
• स्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘we, being/remaining’

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial hall within the sacred region: multiple yajñas underway, priests chanting, offerings into fire, and patrons presenting dakṣiṇā—cows, gold, cloth—symbolizing completeness; the atmosphere is orderly and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas
• yajña
• dakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained by properly performed yajña supported with complete dakṣiṇā, yielding welfare both temporal and transcendent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the particular tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of various yajñas with saṃpūrṇa-dakṣiṇā (fully paid sacrificial gifts/fees) is explicitly stated.