Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सत्त्रयज्ञेन तद्भवेन्नात्र संशयः । तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरः संप्रतर्पिताः

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sattrayajñena tadbhavennātra saṃśayaḥ | tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraḥ saṃpratarpitāḥ

Translation

Quel que soit le fruit issu du sacrifice Sattra, il est obtenu ici, sans aucun doute. Par cet acte, les ancêtres sont pleinement rassasiés pour douze années.

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सत्त्रयज्ञेन: by the sattrayajña
• सत्त्रयज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्र + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष (sattrayajña: sacrificial session)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Context/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• द्वादशवर्षाणि: twelve years
• द्वादशवर्षाणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगु-समास (twelve years)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• संप्रतर्पिताः: fully satisfied
• संप्रतर्पिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meghanāda (Garjana) Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest completes piṇḍa-dāna; subtle vision of pitṛs receiving offerings, appearing content; a symbolic ‘twelve-year’ motif shown as a wheel of time or twelve solar marks around the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Sattra-yajña
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based rites can equal major Vedic sacrifices, and properly directed merit supports one’s ancestors (pitṛs).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ancestral satisfaction is linked to rites at the tīrtha, especially piṇḍa-dāna/tarpaṇa implied from the preceding verse.