Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमादियज्ञैश्च इष्ट्वा विपुलदक्षिणैः । तत्तत्फलमवाप्नोति तीर्थानुगमनेन यत्

Transliteration

agniṣṭomādiyajñaiśca iṣṭvā vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ | tattatphalamavāpnoti tīrthānugamanena yat

Translation

Quels que soient les fruits particuliers obtenus en célébrant l’Agniṣṭoma et d’autres sacrifices, avec de larges dons rituels aux prêtres, ces mêmes fruits sont atteints par le pèlerinage aux tīrtha.

Word by Word

• अग्निष्टोमादियज्ञैः: by sacrifices such as Agniṣṭoma
• अग्निष्टोमादियज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अग्निष्टोमादयः यज्ञाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

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

• इष्ट्वा: having performed (sacrifice)
• इष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यज् (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकाले; धातु: यज् (to sacrifice/worship)

• विपुलदक्षिणैः: with abundant fees/gifts
• विपुलदक्षिणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (विपुलाः दक्षिणाः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of implied यज्ञैः)

• तत्-तत्: that respective
• तत्-तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (distributive: each respective)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थानुगमनेन: by following/visiting tīrthas
• तीर्थानुगमनेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य अनुगमनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which (result)
• यत्: Karma (Object in relative clause/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun referring to फलम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrthas (as yajña-phala-givers)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Vedic sacrifice with fire-altar and priests fades into a simpler scene of pilgrims bathing at a tīrtha; a luminous thread connects both, indicating identical ‘phala’; heaps of dakṣiṇā transform into offerings of water and flowers at the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Agniṣṭoma
• Yajña
• Dakṣiṇā
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic teaching elevates tīrtha-yātrā as a powerful, accessible means to gain merits comparable to elaborate Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement supports the Prabhāsa tīrtha tradition, centered on Prabhāsakṣetra and its Śaiva sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed beyond emphasizing pilgrimage; it contrasts pilgrimage with costly yajñas performed with large dakṣiṇā.