Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
सोऽपि वाचस्पतिसमः फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
Transliteration
so'pi vācaspatisamaḥ phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam
Translation
Auch er erlangt ohne Zweifel die Frucht, Bṛhaspati, dem Herrn der heiligen Rede, gleich.
Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय सर्वनाम
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
vācaspati-samaḥequal to Vācaspati (Bṛhaspati)
vācaspati-samaḥ:
Karta-visheshaṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvācaspati (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाचस्पतेः समः)
phalamfruit, result
phalam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
prāpnotiattains
prāpnoti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprāp (धातु)
Formलट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
asaṃśayamundoubtedly
asaṃśayam:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roota-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (adverbial accusative)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A reciter blessed with radiant speech: golden syllables emanate from his mouth; Bṛhaspati appears as a guru-figure bestowing a manuscript and rosary; listeners feel uplifted.
Characters & Entities
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Vācaspati (Bṛhaspati)FAQs
Scriptural hearing and recitation refine speech and intellect, granting exalted merit comparable to divine eloquence.
Rather than a single locale, the verse praises the fruit of reciting the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
Continual recitation/reading and facilitating recitation are upheld as meritorious practices.