Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वदानेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं सर्वमाप्नोति यः षष्ठीं कपिलां चरेत्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ sarvamāpnoti yaḥ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kapilāṃ caret

Translation

Welche Frucht auch immer aus allen Tīrthas und welche Frucht aus allen Gaben erwächst—die ganze Frucht erlangt vollständig, wer die Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī beachtet.

Word by Word

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit (there is)
• यत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (यत् फलम्) ‘whatever fruit’; Nominative singular

• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: in all pilgrimage places
• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः ‘all holy places’; Locative plural

• सर्व-दानेषु: in all gifts/charities
• सर्व-दानेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit (there is)
• यत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति; Nominative singular

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that fruit’; Accusative singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘तत्फलम्’

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun

• षष्ठीम्: the Ṣaṣṭhī rite/vow
• षष्ठीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कपिलाम्: Kapilā (so named)
• कपिलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘षष्ठीम्’ (‘Kapilā-named’)

• चरेत्: should observe/practise
• चरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator/instructor voice within the māhātmya (phala-śruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapiladhārā–Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed female interlocutor appears in adjacent verses (varavarṇinī), implying a dialogue setting

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa performs Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī: fasting, offering arghya, and gifting a tawny cow (kapilā) near a sacred watercourse (Kapiladhārā), with Kapileśvara liṅga visible; priests recite phala-śruti as the sea-breeze moves banners.

Characters & Entities

• Sarva-tīrtha (all tīrthas)
• Sarva-dāna (all gifts/charities)
• Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches ‘condensed merit’: a single well-taught observance can gather the spiritual fruits of many pilgrimages and charities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a setting where the Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī observance yields comprehensive tīrtha- and dāna-merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe/practice the Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī rite to obtain the combined fruits of all tīrthas and all charitable gifts.