Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यस्य देहे सदा श्रीमान्विश्वव्यापी जनार्दनः । नित्यमर्चयते योऽसौ वेदमन्त्रैः सनातनैः

Transliteration

yasya dehe sadā śrīmānviśvavyāpī janārdanaḥ | nityamarcayate yo'sau vedamantraiḥ sanātanaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดซึ่งในกายของเขามีพระชนารทนะผู้รุ่งเรือง ผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วสากลสถิตอยู่เสมอ ผู้นั้นแลคือผู้บูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้าทุกเมื่อด้วยมนตร์พระเวทอันเป็นนิรันดร์

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• dehe: in (the) body
• dehe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śrīmān: glorious/fortunate
• śrīmān: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• viśva-vyāpī: all-pervading
• viśva-vyāpī: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (viśvaṃ vyāpnoti iti)

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णु-नाम

• nityam: daily/constantly
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• arcayate: worships
• arcayate: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• asau: that very one
• asau: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• veda-mantraiḥ: with Vedic mantras
• veda-mantraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (vedasya mantrāḥ)

• sanātanaiḥ: eternal/ancient
• sanātanaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (veda-mantraiḥ)

Speaker

Narrative voice not explicit in the snippet (context: Tīrthamāhātmya narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A saintly devotee performs daily arcana with Vedic mantras; within his body shines a subtle form of Janārdana, indicating indwelling divinity and constant worship.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is continual and Veda-rooted: the Lord’s all-pervading presence is honored through steady, mantra-guided worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on the deity (Janārdana) rather than naming a distinct tīrtha in this line; the broader adhyāya remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-arcana—daily worship using sanātana (eternal) Vedic mantras.