Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्ववेदेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु शंकर । अवगाहेन तत्सर्वं भवत्विति मतिर्मम

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvavedeṣu sarvayajñeṣu śaṃkara | avagāhena tatsarvaṃ bhavatviti matirmama

Translation

ഹേ ശങ്കരാ! എല്ലാ വേദങ്ങളിലും എല്ലാ യജ്ഞങ്ങളിലും ഉള്ള ഫലം എല്ലാം ഇവിടെ അവഗാഹനത്തിലൂടെയേ ലഭിക്കട്ടെ—ഇതാണ് എന്റെ നിശ്ചയം.

Word by Word

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit/result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (that whose fruit)

• सर्व-वेदेषु: in all the Vedas
• सर्व-वेदेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• सर्व-यज्ञेषु: in all sacrifices
• सर्व-यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• अवगाहेन: by bathing/immersion
• अवगाहेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव + गाह (धातु) → अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• तत्-सर्वम्: all that
• तत्-सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणसमास

• भवतु: may it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिवाचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मतिः: thought, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sarid (the River-goddess; Revā/Narmadā in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) avagāha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revā’s vow-like statement before Śaṅkara: ‘Let immersion here yield the fruit of all Vedas and all yajñas.’ Depict symbolic Vedic fires and sacrificial implements dissolving into the river’s luminous waters.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Yajña
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text elevates tīrtha-sevā as a concentrated path of merit, aligning sacred geography with the fruits of scripture and sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, where avagāhana is praised as yielding Vedic and yajñic fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana (immersion) as the core act, implicitly to be done with faith/devotion as in the surrounding verses.