Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स्मरणात्तस्य वेदानां पारायणफलं लभेत् । दिनोपवासमात्रेण तस्य तीर्थस्य तीरतः

Transliteration

smaraṇāttasya vedānāṃ pārāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet | dinopavāsamātreṇa tasya tīrthasya tīrataḥ

Translation

Par le seul souvenir de ce tīrtha, on obtient le fruit de la récitation des Veda. Et en jeûnant un seul jour sur la rive de ce gué sacré, ce mérite s’acquiert pareillement.

Word by Word

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th case), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (from/by remembrance)

• तस्य: of that (tīrtha)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदानाम्: of the Vedas
• वेदानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), बहुवचन

• पारायणफलम्: the fruit of recitation (pārāyaṇa)
• पारायणफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारायण + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पारायणस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दिनोपवासमात्रेण: by merely a one-day fast
• दिनोपवासमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन + उपवास + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd case), एकवचन; समास: दिनोपवासमात्र = दिनस्य उपवासस्य मात्रम् (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन

• तीरतः: from the bank (thereof)
• तीरतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from the bank/shore’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sugrīvatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on the tīrtha bank in meditation, remembering the sacred ford; a palm-leaf Veda manuscript appears symbolically as light above the head; the sun and water create a tranquil halo.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīvatīrtha
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner devotion (remembrance) and simple austerity (a one-day fast) are elevated as potent paths to merit in tīrtha-centered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The referenced tīrtha in context is Sugrīvatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance) of the tīrtha and a one-day upavāsa (fast) performed at its bank.