Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

परमापद्गतस्यापि यस्य देवो जनार्दनः । नावसर्पति हृत्पद्मात्स योगी नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

paramāpadgatasyāpi yasya devo janārdanaḥ | nāvasarpati hṛtpadmātsa yogī nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

بڑی سے بڑی آفت میں بھی جس کے دل کے کنول سے دیو جناردن نہ سرکے، وہی سچا یوگی ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• parama-āpad-gatasya: of one in extreme calamity
• parama-āpad-gatasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + āpad (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; 'परमायाम् आपदि गतस्य'

• api: even
• api: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) — 'even'

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• devaḥ: the god/lord
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

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

• avasarpati: slips down/withdraws
• avasarpati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√sṛp (सृप्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hṛt-padmāt: from the lotus of the heart
• hṛt-padmāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी: 'हृदयस्य पद्मम्'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yogī: a yogi
• yogī: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Deśa/Viṣaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — 'अत्र' (here/in this matter)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context continuing into 150.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storm of calamity swirls around a devotee, yet within his chest a lotus opens revealing Janārdana seated; the outer chaos contrasts with inner stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True yoga is steadiness of God-remembrance, especially in adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific place is named; the verse teaches inner pilgrimage—keeping Janārdana in the heart.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No outer rite is specified; the discipline is unwavering inner fixation (bhāvanā/smaraṇa) on Janārdana.