Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

योगान्न हृदयग्रंथिर्न योगान्ममता रिपुः । न योगसिद्धस्य मनो हर्त्तुं केनापि शक्यते

Transliteration

yogānna hṛdayagraṃthirna yogānmamatā ripuḥ | na yogasiddhasya mano harttuṃ kenāpi śakyate

Translation

یوگ سے دل کی گرہ کھل جاتی ہے؛ یوگ سے ‘میرا پن’ نامی دشمن پیدا نہیں ہوتا۔ اور یوگ میں کامل شخص کے من کو کوئی چیز چرا نہیں سکتی۔

Word by Word

• yogāt: from yoga
• yogāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• hṛdaya-granthiḥ: heart-knot (inner bondage)
• hṛdaya-granthiḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya + granthi (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = Masculine, Nominative singular; ‘knot of the heart’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• yogāt: from yoga
• yogāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = Masculine, Ablative singular

• mamatā: possessiveness/egoic ‘mine-ness’
• mamatā: Kartā (Subject; in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative singular

• ripuḥ: enemy
• ripuḥ: Kartā (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• yoga-siddhasya: of the yoga-accomplished (yogi)
• yoga-siddhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga + siddha (कृदन्त; √sidh सिद्धौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = Masculine, Genitive singular; ‘of one accomplished in yoga’

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• hartum: to take away
• hartum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ हरणे)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) = infinitive ‘to take away/steal’

• kena: by whom/anything
• kena: Karaṇa (Instrument/agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = Instrumental singular ‘by whom/by what’

• api: even/at all
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = ‘even/any’ (indefinite with interrogative)

• śakyate: is possible
• śakyate: Kriyā (Passive verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śak (शक् शक्तौ)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive) = Present indicative, 3rd person singular, passive (‘is possible’)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the ongoing upadeśa to Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated yogin in a quiet tīrtha grove; a subtle ‘knot’ at the heart loosens as a luminous channel rises to the head; shadowy figures labeled ‘mamatā’ and ‘vikṣepa’ dissolve, unable to seize the mind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga destroys deep-seated inner bondage and possessiveness, culminating in unshakable steadiness of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a general yogic teaching within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the site is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is prescribed; the verse prescribes yogic discipline leading to detachment and mental stability.