Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ध्यानेन परमं ब्रह्म मूर्त्तौ योगस्तु ध्यानजः । सावलम्बो ध्यानयोगो यन्नारायणदर्शनम्

Transliteration

dhyānena paramaṃ brahma mūrttau yogastu dhyānajaḥ | sāvalambo dhyānayogo yannārāyaṇadarśanam

Translation

دھیان کے ذریعے پرم برہمن کا ادراک ہوتا ہے؛ اور مورتی کے ساتھ نسبت میں وہ یوگ سکھایا گیا ہے جو دھیان سے جنم لیتا ہے۔ سہارا (آلَمبن) والا دھیان-یوگ نرائن کے درشن پر منتج ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मूर्त्तौ: in a form (iconic form)
• मूर्त्तौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• योगः: yoga
• योगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• ध्यानजः: born of meditation
• ध्यानजः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक; from √जन् (धातु) ‘to be born’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सावलम्बः: with support (having an object/support)
• सावलम्बः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + आलम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ध्यानयोगः: meditation-yoga
• ध्यानयोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• नारायणदर्शनम्: the vision of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणदर्शनम्: Pratijna (Predicate nominative/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple sanctum with Nārāyaṇa mūrti; a devotee sits in meditation facing the deity. The external darśana transitions into an inner vision—Nārāyaṇa appearing in the heart-lotus.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Nārāyaṇa
• Yoga
• Dhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation is the means to realize Brahman, and meditation upon a sacred form (sālambana-dhyāna) ripens into direct divine vision (darśana) of Nārāyaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as philosophical instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the snippet itself does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite (snāna/dāna) is specified here; the prescription is inner practice—dhyāna (meditation), particularly sālambana meditation on a divine form.