Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यो येन यजते तत्र स तं काममवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yo yena yajate tatra sa taṃ kāmamavāpnuyāt

Translation

Quel que soit (le dieu) qu’on y vénère, et de quelque manière que ce soit, on obtient précisément l’objet désiré.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकः (relative pronoun)

• येन: by which/with which (means)
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधनवाचकः (by which/with which)

• यजते: worships
• यजते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कामम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कामम्: desired object/wish
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Multiple devotees at the same shrine offering different upacāras to different deities/manifestations, each receiving their desired boon—symbolic visualization of ‘yena yajate’ principle.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha magnifies devotion: worship performed there is said to quickly mature into the devotee’s intended spiritual or worldly goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement refers to the same Revākhaṇḍa tīrtha described in Adhyāya 71 as especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is mandated here; it broadly affirms the fruit of worship (yajana/pūjā) performed at that place.