Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

यजमानस्य काये च श्राद्धं संयोज्य यत्नतः । मया हताः प्रयास्यंति सर्वे ते दूरतो द्रुतम्

Transliteration

yajamānasya kāye ca śrāddhaṃ saṃyojya yatnataḥ | mayā hatāḥ prayāsyaṃti sarve te dūrato drutam

Translation

เมื่อผูกและคุ้มครองศราทธะไว้กับกายของยชมานะด้วยความเพียรแล้ว สรรพสัตว์เหล่านั้น—ถูกเราปราบ—จักหนีไปไกลโดยฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• yajamānasya: of the sacrificer (patron)
• yajamānasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajamāna (प्रातिपदिक; √yaj धातु से वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kāye: in the body
• kāye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• śrāddham: śrāddha (rite)
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saṃyojya: having joined/connected
• saṃyojya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + √yuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘संयोज्य’ = having joined/connected

• yatnataḥ: carefully, with effort
• yatnataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hatāḥ: killed, struck down
• hatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘(ते) हताः’

• prayāsyanti: will go away, depart
• prayāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• dūrataḥ: from afar, far away
• dūrataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे तसिल्-प्रत्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक क्रियाविशेषणम्

Speaker

Sahasrākṣa (Indra) (deduced from immediate narrative context in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King/narrative audience implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa-yajamāna performs śrāddha; a protective ‘bond’ is symbolized as a luminous thread/halo around his body; hostile spirits recoil as Indra’s force strikes them.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Śrāddha
• Yajamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Careful, disciplined ritual performance safeguards sacred acts; negligence invites obstruction, while attentive dharma repels it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting is implied by the Tīrthamāhātmya section, but this verse focuses on śrāddha procedure rather than naming a particular location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha ‘yatnataḥ’—meticulously—so it remains properly ‘saṃyojita’ with the yajamāna’s rite, preventing interference.