Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एषोऽह शरणं प्राप्तो युष्माकं द्विजसत्तमाः । अनुगृह्णीत मां सर्वे दीक्षायै यज्ञकर्मणः

Transliteration

eṣo'ha śaraṇaṃ prāpto yuṣmākaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | anugṛhṇīta māṃ sarve dīkṣāyai yajñakarmaṇaḥ

Translation

“اے برگزیدہ دِویجوں! میں تمہاری پناہ میں آیا ہوں۔ تم سب مجھ پر کرم کرو تاکہ میں اس یَجْن کے عمل کے لیے دِیکشا (تقدیس) حاصل کر سکوں۔”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: has attained; has come to
• प्राप्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘प्राप्तवान्/attained’

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; समास: द्विजानां सत्तमाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अनुगृह्णीत: please favor; be gracious to
• अनुगृह्णीत: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: अनु-; अर्थ: ‘show favor’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दीक्षायै: for initiation (dīkṣā)
• दीक्षायै: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• यज्ञकर्मणः: of the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञकर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + karman (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समास: यज्ञस्य कर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, hands folded, addresses an assembly of venerable brāhmaṇas, requesting refuge and dīkṣā for commencing the sacrifice; the yajña pavilion and fire altar frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas/ṛtviks)
• Dīkṣā
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest seeks dharmic authorization—humility before sacred law and its custodians is itself a purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the kṣetra-centered yajña narrative within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the named tīrtha is established in the adjoining passages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Request for dīkṣā (ritual consecration) as a prerequisite to properly undertake the yajña-karman.