Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं तं हृदये कृत्वा गृहीत्वा सर्वसन्धिषु । आनीय ब्रह्मणः स्थाने दृढं ब्रह्मण्ययोजयत्

Transliteration

evaṃ taṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā gṛhītvā sarvasandhiṣu | ānīya brahmaṇaḥ sthāne dṛḍhaṃ brahmaṇyayojayat

Translation

ดังนี้เมื่อประดิษฐาน “สิ่งนั้น” ไว้ในหทัย และยึดไว้มั่นตามจุดประสานภายในทั้งปวง เขานำไปสู่ฐานะแห่งพรหมัน แล้วผูกโยคะไว้ ณ ที่นั้นด้วยความมั่นคงไม่หวั่นไหว

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus, in this manner)

• tam: him/that (it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (in the heart)

• kṛtvā: having placed
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Verbal adjunct/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive); having done/placed

• gṛhītvā: having held
• gṛhītvā: Kriya (Verbal adjunct/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive); having seized/held

• sarvasandhiṣu: in all joints/connections
• sarvasandhiṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-sandhi (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सन्धि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘सर्वे सन्धयः’ (in all joints/points of conjunction)

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Kriya (Verbal adjunct/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी) (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/तुमुन्-समकक्ष ‘आनीय’ (Absolutive/Conjunctive participle); ‘आ-’ उपसर्ग; having brought

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahman
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मन्’ (of Brahman)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (in the place/abode)

• dṛḍham: firmly
• dṛḍham: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘दृढम्’ (firmly)

• brahmaṇi: in Brahman
• brahmaṇi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (in Brahman)

• ayojayat: he fixed/connected
• ayojayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yuj (युज्) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; अ-आगम; ‘अयोजयत्’ = he joined/fixed

Speaker

Sārasvata (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous inner journey: the yogi holds ‘That’ in the heart, then channels it through subtle inner junctions toward the Brahman-station; the final image is unwavering union—still body, radiant crown/upper aura.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation culminates in steady absorption—gathering the mind inward and fixing it unwaveringly in Brahman.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the account of yogic practice undertaken at Vastrāpatha Mahākṣetra in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An inner practice is described: heart-centered fixation and firm absorption in Brahman (a dhyāna/yoga instruction).