Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सर्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम् । भृगुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

sarvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam | bhṛgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

അവൻ നിസ്സംശയം സർവമേധ യജ്ഞഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഭൃഗുതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മനുഷ്യൻ പിതൃകൾക്കും ദേവതകൾക്കും തർപ്പണം അർപ്പിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• सर्वमेधस्य: of the Sarvamedha (sacrifice)
• सर्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

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

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Adverbial (निश्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative), ‘without doubt’

• भृगुतीर्थे: at Bhṛgu-tīrtha
• भृगुतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘भृगोः तीर्थम्’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy (with offerings)
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities (pitṛs)
• पितृदेवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘पितृरूपाः देवताः’/‘पितॄणां देवताः’)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣakhāta; Bhṛgutīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-instruction recipient within narrative (viprendra/Bhṛgu context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes snāna and Śiva-pūjā, then performs tarpaṇa facing the water with cupped hands; subtle vision of a grand yajña-fire in the background symbolizing Sarvamedha equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgutīrtha
• Sarvamedha-yajña
• Pitṛs
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-dharma can concentrate great sacrificial merit; honoring ancestors and gods at a tīrtha becomes a powerful act of purification and gratitude.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgutīrtha, praised as granting the fruit of the Sarvamedha sacrifice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Bhṛgutīrtha and tarpaṇa offerings to Pitṛs and devatās.