Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

प्रथमं ज्ञानसंपत्तिर्जायते योगिनां सदा । तेषां गृहीतमात्रस्तु योगी भवति पार्वति

Transliteration

prathamaṃ jñānasaṃpattirjāyate yogināṃ sadā | teṣāṃ gṛhītamātrastu yogī bhavati pārvati

Translation

ข้าแต่ปารวตี ก่อนอื่นในหมู่โยคี ย่อมบังเกิดสมบัติแห่งญาณแท้อยู่เสมอ และผู้ใดเพียงยึดมั่นในมรรควินัยนั้น ผู้นั้นแลเป็นโยคีโดยแท้

Word by Word

• प्रथमम्: first; at first
• प्रथमम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative: 'first/at first')

• ज्ञान-संपत्तिः: attainment of knowledge
• ज्ञान-संपत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of knowledge' + 'attainment/wealth')

• जायते: arises; is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular)

• योगिनाम्: of yogis
• योगिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive plural)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'always')

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Pronoun, Genitive plural)

• गृहीत-मात्रः: having merely grasped (it)
• गृहीत-मात्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛhīta (कृदन्त; √grah) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular) विशेषणम्; कृदन्तः—क्त √ग्रह्; तत्पुरुषः ('taken/received' + 'mere/only')

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular)

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from address to Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī receives instruction; a subtle visual metaphor shows ‘jñāna-sampatti’ as a luminous manuscript or lamp appearing in the yogin’s heart-lotus, indicating knowledge arising before powers.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In authentic yoga, the earliest and essential gain is clarity of knowledge; sincere adoption of the discipline itself marks the beginning of yogic identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a tīrtha-glorification chapter in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but it does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is to take up (gṛhīta) yogic discipline; no separate external ritual is stated.