Shloka 30 - Adhyaya 9 - Kedara Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | Urdu | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यज्ञोऽसि यज्ञरूपोऽसि यज्ञांगोऽसि रमापते । ततोऽद्य कृपया विष्णो देवानां वरदो भव

Transliteration

yajño'si yajñarūpo'si yajñāṃgo'si ramāpate | tato'dya kṛpayā viṣṇo devānāṃ varado bhava

Translation

آپ ہی یَجْن ہیں، آپ ہی یَجْن کی صورت ہیں، آپ ہی یَجْن کے اَنگ ہیں، اے رَما پتی۔ پس آج، اے وِشنو، کرپا فرما کر دیوتاؤں کے لیے وَر دینے والے بنیں۔

Word by Word

यज्ञः(you are) the sacrifice

असिyou are

यज्ञरूपःone whose form is sacrifice

असिyou are

यज्ञाङ्गःa limb/part of the sacrifice

असिyou are

रमापतेO Lord of Ramā (Lakṣmī)

ततःtherefore

अद्यtoday/now

कृपयाby compassion, out of mercy

विष्णोO Viṣṇu

देवानाम्of the gods

वरदःa giver of boons

भवbecome, be

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrārṇava-taṭa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (Hari)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā proclaims Viṣṇu as the sacrifice itself and its limbs, then petitions Him to compassionately grant boons to the gods.

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

Ramā (Lakṣmī)

Devas

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred rites culminate in the Divine—yajña is meaningful because the Lord is its inner reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is theological (yajña-centered) rather than site-descriptive; the broader setting is Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is instructed; the verse frames yajña as a divine principle and offers a prayer for grace.