Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यज्ञभागभुजः सर्वे भविष्यंति मया सह । यस्मादेतन्मया तीर्थं बालकैस्तव मंडितम्

Transliteration

yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti mayā saha | yasmādetanmayā tīrthaṃ bālakaistava maṃḍitam

Translation

وہ سب میرے ساتھ یَجْن کے حصّے کے شریک ہوں گے؛ کیونکہ میں نے تمہارے بچوں کے ذریعے اس تیرتھ کو آراستہ کیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• यज्ञभागभुजः: enjoyers of the sacrificial share
• यज्ञभागभुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-भाग-भुज् (प्रातिपदिक; भुज्-धातुज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य भागं भुङ्क्ते इति)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• भविष्यन्ति: will be / will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Sahakari (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• यस्मात्: because / since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रकारेण; हेत्वर्थे (ablatival sense ‘because/since’), पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्यं ‘तीर्थम्’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: holy place / ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• बालकैः: by the boys/children
• बालकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मण्डितम्: adorned
• मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डित (कृदन्त; मण्ड्/मण्डि-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana-tīrtha (implied; named explicitly next verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-ford/ghāṭa being ritually ‘adorned’—children present with garlands and auspicious items; a deity/guardian figure bestowing the right to partake of yajña portions; offerings arranged on leaf-plates near water.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra
• Indra
• Maruts
• Yajña
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha gains sanctity through divine acts and dharmic alignment; participation in yajña symbolizes restored order and shared merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha is explicitly referenced (“etan… tīrtham”), but its proper name is not provided in this verse excerpt; it belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 22.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies yajña-context (shares in sacrifice) but does not prescribe a specific vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.