Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

संपूर्णफलदो भूयात्स्वाध्यायोऽपि जपस्तथा । रघुनाथ सरस्तीरे मुष्टिमात्रमपि द्विजाः

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇaphalado bhūyātsvādhyāyo'pi japastathā | raghunātha sarastīre muṣṭimātramapi dvijāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, രഘുനാഥ സരോവരത്തിന്റെ തീരത്ത് സ്വാധ്യായമോ ജപമോ—മുഷ്ടിമാത്രം ചെയ്താലും അത് സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ഫലം നൽകും।

Word by Word

• संपूर्णफलदः: granting complete results
• संपूर्णफलदः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण-फल-द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘संपूर्णं फलं ददाति’ (giving complete fruit/result); विशेषणम् (स्वाध्यायः/जपः)

• भूयात्: would become/should be
• भूयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वाध्यायः: Vedic study/recitation
• स्वाध्यायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also)

• जपः: mantra repetition
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (Kriya-visheshana/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (likewise)

• रघुनाथ: of Raghunātha
• रघुनाथ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघुनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘सरस्तीरे’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धे (intended as genitive qualifier)

• सरस्तीरे: on the lake’s bank
• सरस्तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्-तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘सरसः तीरम्’

• मुष्टिमात्रम्: a fistful (measure)
• मुष्टिमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘मुष्टेः मात्रम्’ (a fistful measure)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (even)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative-like address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation of narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raghunātha-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a lake-bank at dawn: a brahmin seated on kuśa grass, counting japa on rudrākṣa/tulasi mālā; another recites from a Vedic text; a small handful of offerings (flowers/akṣata) symbolizes ‘muṣṭimātra’; the lake glows with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Raghunātha-saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places magnify sādhana—minimal japa or svādhyāya performed in a tīrtha can yield full spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raghunātha-saras and specifically its tīra (bank).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake svādhyāya (scriptural self-recitation) and japa at the lake-bank; even small practice is praised.