Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यदन्यः प्राप्नुयान्मर्त्यस्तत्पूजासंभवं फलम् । षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण पुष्पेणैकेन तत्फलम्

Transliteration

yadanyaḥ prāpnuyānmartyastatpūjāsaṃbhavaṃ phalam | ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa puṣpeṇaikena tatphalam

Translation

Quel que soit le fruit qu’un autre mortel obtiendrait de ce culte, l’initié obtient ce même fruit par le mantra de six syllabes et par l’offrande d’une seule fleur.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेष्य (another person)

• prāpnuyāt: would obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (phalam इति)

• pūjā-saṃbhavam: arising from worship
• pūjā-saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पূजायाः सम्भवम् = arising from worship)

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

• ṣaḍ-akṣareṇa: with the six-syllabled
• ṣaḍ-akṣareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षडक्षरः = six-syllabled)

• maṃtreṇa: by/with a mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• puṣpeṇa: with a flower
• puṣpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ekena: with one (single)
• ekena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpeṇa इति)

• tat-phalam: that fruit (same result)
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् फलम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dīkṣita devotee chants a six-syllabled mantra with closed eyes, offering a single flower at the shrine; around him, others perform elaborate pūjā—yet the devotee’s aura equals theirs, illustrating condensed ritual power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Ṣaḍakṣara-mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere mantra-based devotion, especially for the initiated, can condense elaborate ritual into a simple offering with equivalent merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is the potency of mantra and minimal offerings within the Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/utterance of a ṣaḍakṣara (six-syllable) mantra and offering a single flower as a complete act of worship.