Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यत्फलं प्राप्यते पश्चात्तदिहैकमनाः शृणु

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ prāpyate paścāttadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

Translation

ইয়াৰ পাছত যি ফল লাভ হয়, সেয়া এতিয়া একাগ্ৰচিত্তে শুনা।

Word by Word

• यत्-फलम्: what result
• यत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (relative: 'which fruit/result')

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• तत्: that (result)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्दः

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• एक-मनाः: with single-pointed mind
• एक-मनाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; बहुव्रीहिवत्-प्रयोगः (one-pointed in mind)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator pauses after describing the rite; the king/listener sits attentive, signaling the imminent revelation of the rite’s fruit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma should be heard and practiced attentively, especially when the scripture reveals the karmic results of a rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it introduces the results section within a tīrtha-māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to listen attentively to the phala (benefits) that follow the donation.