Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यंयं काममभिध्यायेत्तस्य सिद्धिर्निरंतरा । पुष्पैरुपचितं विष्णुं यद्यन्ये प्रणमंति च

Transliteration

yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyettasya siddhirniraṃtarā | puṣpairupacitaṃ viṣṇuṃ yadyanye praṇamaṃti ca

Translation

ปรารถนาสิ่งใดใคร่ครวญไว้ ความสำเร็จแห่งสิ่งนั้นย่อมบังเกิดไม่ขาดสาย และแม้ชนอื่นใดที่นอบน้อมแด่พระวิษณุผู้ประดับด้วยดอกไม้ ก็ย่อมมีส่วนในมงคลนั้นด้วย

Word by Word

• यं: whatever (which)
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; correlating with ‘kāmam’

• यं: whatever
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; repetition for distributive sense ‘whatever, whichever’

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• अभिध्यायेत्: should meditate upon
• अभिध्यायेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन — ‘should meditate upon/think of’

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of that’

• सिद्धिः: attainment, success
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• निरन्तरा: uninterrupted, continuous
• निरन्तरा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; agrees with ‘siddhiḥ’

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• उपचितम्: adorned, heaped up
• उपचितम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √चि (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; past passive participle ‘heaped/adorned’; qualifies ‘viṣṇum’ (acc.)

• विष्णुम्: Vishnu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — शर्तबोधक (conditional ‘if’)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural; ‘others’

• प्रणमन्ति: bow down
• प्रणमन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), बहुवचन — ‘they bow’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction ‘and/also’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu richly adorned with fresh flower garlands; devotees of different backgrounds approach—some performing full pūjā, others simply bowing in passing—yet all receive a visible aura of blessing, indicating shared auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere contemplation and reverent approach to Viṣṇu in worship are said to yield steady spiritual and worldly attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on the fruit of worship and darśana within the broader tirtha-mahātmya passage; the verse itself does not name a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adorn Viṣṇu with flowers and offer praṇāma (bowing); even participating through reverence is praised.