Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यः कुर्यादुपवासं च सत्यशौचपरायणः । सौत्रामणिफलं चास्य सम्भवत्यविचारितम्

Transliteration

yaḥ kuryādupavāsaṃ ca satyaśaucaparāyaṇaḥ | sautrāmaṇiphalaṃ cāsya sambhavatyavicāritam

Translation

Quiconque accomplit le jeûne, voué à la vérité et à la pureté, voit naître pour lui, infailliblement et sans doute, le fruit du rite Sautrāmaṇi.

Word by Word

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

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उपवासम्: a fast
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सत्यशौचपरायणः: devoted to truth and purity
• सत्यशौचपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य + शौच + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सत्ये शौचे च परायणः’ इति (समाहार/उपपद-तत्पुरुषभावः) विशेषण

• सौत्रामणिफलम्: the fruit (merit) of the Sautrāmaṇī (rite)
• सौत्रामणिफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौत्रामणि + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सौत्रामण्याः फलम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अस्य: for him / of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सम्भवति: arises/comes about
• सम्भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अविचारितम्: undoubted / without question
• अविचारितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समासः; ‘अविचारितम्’ = without deliberation/without doubt (unquestioned)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim fasting at a riverbank, clean and composed, holding a water-pot; in the background, a symbolic vignette of a Vedic sacrifice (altar, priests) fades like a metaphor—showing equivalence of fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Upavāsa
• Sautrāmaṇi (rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple ascetic observance at a tīrtha—when grounded in truth and purity—can yield merit comparable to major Vedic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāru-tīrtha, in whose context this fasting-vrata is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform upavāsa (fasting) with commitment to satya (truth) and śauca (purity); it grants Sautrāmaṇi-like merit.