Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वदानेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं सर्वमाप्नोति यः षष्ठीं कपिलां चरेत्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ sarvamāpnoti yaḥ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kapilāṃ caret

Translation

Quel que soit le fruit provenant de tous les tīrtha et quel que soit le fruit de tous les dons, celui qui observe la Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī obtient la totalité de ces fruits.

Word by Word

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit (there is)
• यत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (यत् फलम्) ‘whatever fruit’; Nominative singular

• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: in all pilgrimage places
• सर्व-तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः ‘all holy places’; Locative plural

• सर्व-दानेषु: in all gifts/charities
• सर्व-दानेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit (there is)
• यत्-फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति; Nominative singular

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that fruit’; Accusative singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘तत्फलम्’

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun

• षष्ठीम्: the Ṣaṣṭhī rite/vow
• षष्ठीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कपिलाम्: Kapilā (so named)
• कपिलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘षष्ठीम्’ (‘Kapilā-named’)

• चरेत्: should observe/practise
• चरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator/instructor voice within the māhātmya (phala-śruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapiladhārā–Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed female interlocutor appears in adjacent verses (varavarṇinī), implying a dialogue setting

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa performs Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī: fasting, offering arghya, and gifting a tawny cow (kapilā) near a sacred watercourse (Kapiladhārā), with Kapileśvara liṅga visible; priests recite phala-śruti as the sea-breeze moves banners.

Characters & Entities

• Sarva-tīrtha (all tīrthas)
• Sarva-dāna (all gifts/charities)
• Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches ‘condensed merit’: a single well-taught observance can gather the spiritual fruits of many pilgrimages and charities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a setting where the Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī observance yields comprehensive tīrtha- and dāna-merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe/practice the Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī rite to obtain the combined fruits of all tīrthas and all charitable gifts.