Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ऋग्यजुःसामगीतेषु साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गायत्रीमात्रमन्त्रवित्

Transliteration

ṛgyajuḥsāmagīteṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti gāyatrīmātramantravit

Translation

ഋഗ്-യജുഃ-സാമ പാരായണങ്ങളിൽ, അങ്ങ്-ഉപാംഗങ്ങളോടുകൂടി ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം ഏതോ, അതേ ഫലം ഗായത്രി മന്ത്രം മാത്രം അറിയുന്നവനും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ऋग्यजुःसामगीतेषु: in the chants/recitations of Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāma
• ऋग्यजुःसामगीतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्-यजुः-साम-गीत (प्रातिपदिक; ऋक् + यजुः + साम + गीत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु: with all auxiliaries (aṅga and upāṅga)
• साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अङ्ग-उप-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; साङ्ग + उपाङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (ऋग्यजुःसामगीतेषु)-विशेषण; ‘with limbs and sub-limbs’

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

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

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गायत्रीमात्रमन्त्रवित्: one who knows only the Gāyatrī mantra
• गायत्रीमात्रमन्त्रवित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री-मात्र-मन्त्र-वित् (प्रातिपदिक; गायत्री + मात्र + मन्त्र + वित्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता; ‘knower of only the Gāyatrī-mantra’

Speaker

Narrator (Mārkaṇḍeya, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Gāyatrī presence implied (five faces/ten arms in later iconography, or a radiant mantra halo) above a seated practitioner by the river; Vedic texts symbolically surrounding; the three Vedas depicted as streams merging into one mantra-light.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere mastery of the essential mantra (Gāyatrī) is exalted as spiritually equivalent to extensive Vedic recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Kambu-tīrtha praise, though it specifically highlights mantra-merit rather than geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-jñāna/upāsanā is implied: knowing (and by extension practicing) the Gāyatrī is praised as highly meritorious.