Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधफलं तेषां सम्यक्छ्रद्धार्चनेन वै । भविष्यति न संदेहो ह्यस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः

Transliteration

aśvamedhaphalaṃ teṣāṃ samyakchraddhārcanena vai | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho hyasmadvākyaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

By proper worship performed with faith, they shall obtain the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice—of this there is no doubt—by the power of our word.

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit/result of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• श्रद्धा-अर्चनेन: by worship with faith
• श्रद्धा-अर्चनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, emphatic)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, causal/emphatic)

• अस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः: due to the power of our statement/words
• अस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular; -तः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (continuation of their declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍaveśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narrative audience; framed to a beloved lady in the broader dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages declare with certainty that faithful worship yields Aśvamedha fruit; the visual juxtaposes a simple shrine-worship scene with a faint, symbolic overlay of a grand horse-sacrifice procession, emphasizing equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Aśvamedha
• Arcana (worship)
• Śraddhā (faith)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, correct worship at a powerful tīrtha can yield merits comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, emphasizing bhakti and śraddhā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Pāṇḍaveśvara liṅga (within the Saṃnihitī-related māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śraddhā-yukta arcana—faith-filled, proper worship—of the liṅga.