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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

पूजयिष्यति यो देवं पद्मयोनिं ततः परम् । स शूद्रोऽपि तनुं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रयास्यति

pūjayiṣyati yo devaṃ padmayoniṃ tataḥ param | sa śūdro'pi tanuṃ tyaktvā brahmayonau prayāsyati

جو اس کے بعد پدم یونی، کنول سے جنم لینے والے دیوتا برہما کی پوجا کرے گا، وہ اگرچہ شودر ہی کیوں نہ ہو، جسم چھوڑنے کے بعد برہما-یونی، یعنی برہما کی حالت کو پہنچ جائے گا۔

pūjayiṣyatiwill worship
pūjayiṣyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pūj (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → pūjay + लृट्
Formलृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
devamthe god
devam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
padmayonimPadmayoni (Brahmā)
padmayonim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpadma + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पद्मात् योनिः यस्य सः (Brahmā) इति रूढिः
tataḥthereafter, from that
tataḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)
paramafterwards, further
param:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वादेश (correlative pronoun)
śūdraḥa Śūdra
śūdraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
apieven, also
api:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)
tanumbody
tanum:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
tyaktvāhaving abandoned
tyaktvā:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√tyaj (धातु) → tyaktvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
brahmayonauin the womb/origin of Brahman
brahmayonau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः योनिः इति
prayāsyatiwill go, will attain
prayāsyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √yā (धातु) → prayā + लृट्
Formलृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Sūta (continued narration)

Type: kund

Scene: A devotee offers flowers and water to Brahmā (Padmayoni) near a sacred pool/altar; the scene emphasizes inclusivity—humble worshipper elevated by grace.

B
Brahmā (Padmayoni)
B
Brahma-yoni

FAQs

Devotion at a sanctified tīrtha is presented as universally efficacious, emphasizing spiritual accessibility through worship.

Brahmakuṇḍa and its associated worship of Brahmā (Padmayoni).

Pūjā (worship) of Brahmā, the Lotus-born, as a tīrtha-linked observance with salvific fruit.