Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सोऽश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य वाजपेयस्य भारत । द्वयोः पुण्यमवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

so'śvamedhasya yajñasya vājapeyasya bhārata | dvayoḥ puṇyamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

O Bhārata, er erlangt das Verdienst sowohl des Aśvamedha- als auch des Vājapeya-Opfers; hier ist kein Zweifel und kein Abwägen nötig.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अश्वमेधस्य: of the Aśvamedha
• अश्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वाजपेयस्य: of the Vājapeya
• वाजपेयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (vocative singular)

• द्वयोः: of the two
• द्वयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन (genitive dual); संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्या: to be done / necessary
• कार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King / Bhārata / Pārtha-addressed interlocutor (as per surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at a sanctified ford/temple threshold while invisible scales of merit balance two grand Vedic sacrifices (Aśvamedha and Vājapeya) against a simple tīrtha act; sages affirm ‘no doubt’.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha
• Vājapeya
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-devotion can confer the highest sacrificial merit, making great spiritual fruits accessible through disciplined pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement refers back to Devakhāta and worship of Piṅgaleśvara described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is the prior sequence—Devakhāta snāna, pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and Piṅgaleśvara-pūjā—whose fruit is equated to major Vedic sacrifices.