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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

यत्पुण्यं परमं प्रोक्तं सततं यज्ञयाजिनाम् । सत्यवादिषु यत्पुण्यं यत्पुण्यं हेमदायिनि । तत्पुण्यं लभते विप्र सहस्राब्दस्य जीविभिः

Transliteration

yatpuṇyaṃ paramaṃ proktaṃ satataṃ yajñayājinām | satyavādiṣu yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ hemadāyini | tatpuṇyaṃ labhate vipra sahasrābdasya jīvibhiḥ

Translation

祭祀（ヤジュニャ）を常に修する者に属すると説かれる最上の功徳、真実を語る者の功徳、そして黄金を布施する者の功徳——それらと同じ功徳を、ブラーフマナよ、「サハスラーブダ」（sahasrābda、千年／千月の量）を生き抜く者は得るのである。

Word by Word
यत्-पुण्यम्whatever merit
यत्-पुण्यम्:
Karma/Predicate (Contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (यत् = 'which' as qualifier); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'supreme' qualifying 'पुण्यम्'
प्रोक्तम्declared
प्रोक्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'said/declared'
सततम्always/constantly
सततम्:
Adverbial (Kriya-visheshana/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)
यज्ञ-याजिनाम्of those who perform sacrifices
यज्ञ-याजिनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + याजिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, यज् धातु)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; 'of the sacrificers'
सत्य-वादिषुamong truth-speakers
सत्य-वादिषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; 'among truth-speakers'
यत्-पुण्यम्whatever merit
यत्-पुण्यम्:
Karma/Predicate (Contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
यत्-पुण्यम्whatever merit
यत्-पुण्यम्:
Karma/Predicate (Contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
हेम-दायिनिin the giver of gold / in gold-giving
हेम-दायिनि:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहेम (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'in/among the giver of gold' (i.e., in the act/person of giving gold)
तत्-पुण्यम्that merit
तत्-पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
विप्रO brāhmaṇa
विप्र:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
सहस्र-अब्दस्यof a thousand years
सहस्र-अब्दस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'of a thousand years'
जीविभिःby the long-lived (persons)
जीविभिः:
Karana/Agent-association (Instrument/कर्ता-सह)
TypeNoun
Rootजीविन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, जीव् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; 'by those who live' (instrumental of agent/association)
Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū-tīrtha context implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (addressed as ‘vipra’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa listener receives the proclamation that the long vow’s merit equals that of sacrifices, truth-speaking, and gifting gold; Ayodhyā’s sacred ambience frames the teaching.

Characters & Entities
V
Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

Sustained vow-practice is praised as equivalent to the highest merits of sacrifice, truthfulness, and great charity.

The merit teaching belongs to Ayodhyā Māhātmya, where Ayodhyā serves as the sacred context for such elevated puṇya.

It extols the long-duration observance tied to the ‘thousand moons/thousand-year measure’ as a source of supreme merit.

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