Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यदन्यद्देवतार्चायाः फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । साष्टाङ्गप्रणिपातेन तत्फलं लभते हरेः

Transliteration

yadanyaddevatārcāyāḥ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | sāṣṭāṅgapraṇipātena tatphalaṃ labhate hareḥ

Translation

Welchen Lohn ein Mensch auch durch Verehrung anderer Gottheiten erlangt, denselben Lohn empfängt er von Hari, wenn er die volle Acht-Glieder-Niederwerfung (sāṣṭāṅga-praṇipāta) vollzieht.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun (यद्)

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of phalam)

• devatā-arcāyāḥ: of (other) deity-worship
• devatā-arcāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + arcā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘देवतायाः अर्चा’ = worship/image of a deity

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mānavaḥ: a man/human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• sa-aṣṭāṅga-praṇipātena: by prostration with eight limbs
• sa-aṣṭāṅga-praṇipātena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇipāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सह + अष्टाङ्ग + प्रणिपात); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• tat-phalam: that same fruit
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (तत् फलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari (Vishnu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (general Revākhaṇḍa setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverside Viṣṇu shrine performs full aṣṭāṅga-prostration before Hari’s icon; Revā flows nearby with ghāṭa steps and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Other Devatās (general)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, wholehearted surrender to Hari is exalted as spiritually complete and highly efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is devotional rather than geographic, embedded within the Huṅkāra/Vāsudeva Tīrtha praise on the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform sāṣṭāṅga-praṇipāta (eight-limbed prostration) to Hari.