Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

योगान्न हृदयग्रंथिर्न योगान्ममता रिपुः । न योगसिद्धस्य मनो हर्त्तुं केनापि शक्यते

Transliteration

yogānna hṛdayagraṃthirna yogānmamatā ripuḥ | na yogasiddhasya mano harttuṃ kenāpi śakyate

Translation

ด้วยโยคะ ปมหัวใจย่อมถูกตัดขาด; ด้วยโยคะ ศัตรูชื่อว่า “ความเป็นของเรา” ย่อมไม่เกิดขึ้น และจิตของผู้สำเร็จในโยคะ ไม่มีสิ่งใดลักพาไปได้

Word by Word

• yogāt: from yoga
• yogāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• hṛdaya-granthiḥ: heart-knot (inner bondage)
• hṛdaya-granthiḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya + granthi (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = Masculine, Nominative singular; ‘knot of the heart’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• yogāt: from yoga
• yogāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative singular

• mamatā: possessiveness/egoic ‘mine-ness’
• mamatā: Kartā (Subject; in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative singular

• ripuḥ: enemy
• ripuḥ: Kartā (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• yoga-siddhasya: of the yoga-accomplished (yogi)
• yoga-siddhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga + siddha (कृदन्त; √sidh सिद्धौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = Masculine, Genitive singular; ‘of one accomplished in yoga’

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• hartum: to take away
• hartum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ हरणे)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) = infinitive ‘to take away/steal’

• kena: by whom/anything
• kena: Karaṇa (Instrument/agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = Instrumental singular ‘by whom/by what’

• api: even/at all
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = ‘even/any’ (indefinite with interrogative)

• śakyate: is possible
• śakyate: Kriyā (Passive verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śak (शक् शक्तौ)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive) = Present indicative, 3rd person singular, passive (‘is possible’)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the ongoing upadeśa to Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated yogin in a quiet tīrtha grove; a subtle ‘knot’ at the heart loosens as a luminous channel rises to the head; shadowy figures labeled ‘mamatā’ and ‘vikṣepa’ dissolve, unable to seize the mind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga destroys deep-seated inner bondage and possessiveness, culminating in unshakable steadiness of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a general yogic teaching within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the site is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is prescribed; the verse prescribes yogic discipline leading to detachment and mental stability.