Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

सर्वयज्ञाधिकफलं सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम् । सर्वदेवावलोकस्य यत्पुण्यं जायते नृणाम्

Transliteration

sarvayajñādhikaphalaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam | sarvadevāvalokasya yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām

Translation

The fruit surpassing all sacrifices, the merit of bathing in all sacred fords (tīrthas), and the merit that arises for people from beholding all the gods—

Word by Word

• सर्वयज्ञाधिकफलम्: fruit superior to all sacrifices
• सर्वयज्ञाधिकफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + यज्ञ + अधिक + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वयज्ञेभ्यः अधिकं फलम्)

• सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम्: bathing/immersion in all holy places
• सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वतीर्थेषु अवगाहनम्)

• सर्वदेवावलोकस्य: of the sight/vision of all gods
• सर्वदेवावलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव + अवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वदेवानाम् अवलोकः)

• यत्: which, that (relative)
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पुण्यम्: merit, holy reward
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नृणाम्: of men, of people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sāketa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim assembly at Ayodhyā hears the proclamation that this kṣetra grants the fruit of all sacrifices and all tīrtha-bathings; a visionary panorama suggests ‘all gods’ present in the sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Sarva-deva (all deities)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ayodhyā concentrates the merits of major Vedic rites and pilgrimages into a single sacred encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is implied as the locus where the fruits of all tīrthas and yajñas are obtained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to yajña, tīrtha-snāna (holy bathing), and deva-darśana as sources of puṇya whose fruits are matched here.