Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यक्षकर्दमसंत्यागाद्ब्रह्मलोके महीयते । ज्ञानी पुष्पपरित्यागाच्छय्यात्यागे महत्सु खम्

Transliteration

yakṣakardamasaṃtyāgādbrahmaloke mahīyate | jñānī puṣpaparityāgācchayyātyāge mahatsu kham

Translation

یَکش کردَم (خوشبودار لیپ) کو ترک نہ کرنے سے برہما لوک میں عزّت ملتی ہے۔ دانا شخص پھولوں کا ترک کر کے اور بستر (شَیّا) کا ترک کر کے عظیم سُکھ پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• यक्ष-कर्दम-सं-त्यागात्: from giving up yakṣa-kardama (a substance/ointment)
• यक्ष-कर्दम-सं-त्यागात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक) + संत्याग (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-त्यज्-धातुजन्य भावनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यक्षस्य कर्दमः; तस्य संत्यागः)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma’s world
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored/exalted
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is honored/grows great)

• ज्ञानी: a wise man/knower
• ज्ञानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुष्प-परित्यागात्: from renouncing flowers
• पुष्प-परित्यागात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + परित्याग (प्रातिपदिक; त्यज्-धातुजन्य भावनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुष्पस्य परित्यागः)

• शय्या-त्यागे: in (the practice of) giving up the bed (sleeping on ground)
• शय्या-त्यागे: Adhikarana (Topic/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक) + त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शय्यायाः त्यागः)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सुखम् इति)

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-votary in a Gujarat tīrtha setting sets aside perfume-paste, offers simple worship without decorative flowers for personal enjoyment, and sleeps on a kusa-mat near a shrine, embodying Cāturmāsya restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Brahmaloka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reducing sensual comforts (adornment and soft living) is upheld as a path to higher merit and deeper contentment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse presents general vrata-phala; it does not identify a named tirtha in the line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vow-like renunciations: avoid ornamental pleasures (flowers) and practice austerity by giving up the bed.