Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्ववेदैश्च सषडङ्गपदक्रमैः । श्रुतैश्च पठितैस्तस्मात्फलमष्टगुणं भवेत्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvavedaiśca saṣaḍaṅgapadakramaiḥ | śrutaiśca paṭhitaistasmātphalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet

Translation

Welcher Lohn auch immer aus dem Hören und Studium aller Veden samt den sechs Vedāṅgas und ihrer geordneten Rezitation erwächst, dieser Lohn wird achtfach.

Word by Word

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• sarva-vedaiḥ: by all the Vedas
• sarva-vedaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + veda (वेद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वे वेदाः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sa-ṣaḍ-aṅga-pada-kramaiḥ: with the word-sequences (recitations) along with the six auxiliaries (Vedāṅgas)
• sa-ṣaḍ-aṅga-pada-kramaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय) + ṣaṭ (षट्-संख्याशब्द) + aṅga (अङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) + pada (पद-प्रातिपदिक) + krama (क्रम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः (षडङ्गानां पदक्रमाः) तत्पुरुषः; 'स' = 'सह' (with)

• śrutaiḥ: by those heard (i.e., learned by hearing)
• śrutaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• paṭhitaiḥ: by those read/recited
• paṭhitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु) → paṭhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् = तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी (5) एकवचनरूपम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (therefore/from that)

• phalam: the fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• aṣṭa-guṇam: eightfold
• aṣṭa-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (अष्ट-संख्याशब्द) + guṇa (गुण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अष्टगुणं = eightfold)

• bhavet: would be, becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned reciter chants Revā-māhātmya before a gathered assembly; behind them flows the serene Revā, while symbolic Veda manuscripts and ṣaḍaṅga emblems appear as radiant motifs, indicating eightfold fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing/recitation of a tīrtha-māhātmya is exalted as yielding extraordinary merit, even surpassing extensive scriptural study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Revā/Narmadā, since the surrounding verses frame the ‘fruit’ as belonging to Revā-carita śravaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) are presented as the key religious acts.