Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् । मृतो रुद्रपुरं याति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam | mṛto rudrapuraṃ yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Er erlangt die unvergleichliche Frucht des Aśvamedha-Opfers; und nach dem Tod gelangt er nach Rudrapura. Daran ist weder zu zweifeln noch zu grübeln.

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधस्य: of the Aśvamedha
• अश्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अश्वस्य मेधः)

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

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मृतः: (when) dead / having died
• मृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘one who has died’

• रुद्रपुरम्: Rudra’s city
• रुद्रपुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (रुद्रस्य पुरम्)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘विचारणा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the humble river-rite radiates as vast sacrificial fire; above, a luminous gateway to Rudrapura opens, with Śiva’s realm hinted beyond.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha Yajña
• Rudra
• Rudrapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha sanctified by Śiva can grant merits comparable to great Vedic sacrifices and lead the devotee to Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pippalāda-associated tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa, whose fruits are declared Aśvamedha-like.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit (phala); the preceding context implies tīrtha-snān and Śiva-pūjā as the practice.