Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ऋग्यजुःसामवेदानां पठनाद्यत्फलं भवेत् । तत्र तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र गायत्र्या तत्फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

ṛgyajuḥsāmavedānāṃ paṭhanādyatphalaṃ bhavet | tatra tīrthe tu rājendra gāyatryā tatphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Ô seigneur des rois, le fruit qui naît de la récitation des Veda Ṛg, Yajur et Sāma, en ce tīrtha on obtient ce même fruit par le japa de la Gāyatrī.

Word by Word

• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-vedānām: of the Ṛg-, Yajur-, and Sāma- Vedas
• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-vedānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (प्रातिपदिक) + yajus (प्रातिपदिक) + sāman (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (ऋग्वेद-यजुर्वेद-सामवेद)

• paṭhanāt: from recitation
• paṭhanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavet: would be / may arise
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (राजा एव इन्द्रः)

• gāyatryā: by (reciting) the Gāyatrī
• gāyatryā: Karaṇa (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (वैकल्पिक-रूप; सामान्यतः आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator addressing a king — 'rājendra')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens to a sage at a riverbank hermitage; a meditator performs Gāyatrī-japa facing the sun; behind them, symbolic Vedic triad (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāma) appears as three luminous scrolls or flames merging into one mantra-light.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified place, focused mantra-japa (Gāyatrī) can confer the same merit as extensive Vedic recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a particular Revā/Narmadā tīrtha referenced in the surrounding passage of Adhyāya 142.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāyatrī-japa at the tīrtha as a means to gain Veda-recitation merit.