Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

यथोक्तं च फलं तस्य स्फुटं सर्वं भविष्यति । शनिवारे ह्यमावास्या भवेत्तस्याः फलं च यत्

Transliteration

yathoktaṃ ca phalaṃ tasya sphuṭaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati | śanivāre hyamāvāsyā bhavettasyāḥ phalaṃ ca yat

Translation

അവനേക്കുറിച്ച് പറഞ്ഞ ഫലം എല്ലാം സംശയമില്ലാതെ വ്യക്തമായി പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകും. കൂടാതെ അമാവാസി ശനിയാഴ്ച വന്നാൽ അതിന്റെ പുണ്യഫലം എന്തോ—

Word by Word

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as, according to)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Sambandha (Reference/अनुसन्धान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् (as said)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• tasya: of that (person/act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• sphuṭam: clearly, distinctly
• sphuṭam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying phalam/sarvam)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (all)

• bhaviṣyati: will be, will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• śanivāre: on Saturday
• śanivāre: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day
• amāvāsyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• bhavet: would be / occurs
• bhavet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्? अत्र विधिलिङ् (potential/optative); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tasyāḥ: of that (amāvāsyā)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate/subject)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• yat: whatever (result)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative: whatever/which)

Speaker

Dharma (personified), continuing the merit comparison

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda/Guha (and/or assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-to-dawn Amāvāsyā atmosphere at a riverside ford; pilgrims perform snāna and dāna under a dark sky; subtle iconography of Śani (Saturn) indicating Saturday concurrence; the pillar stands as a steady silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Śanivāra (Saturday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit accrues powerfully when righteous acts are done at a praised tīrtha, and Purāṇas also highlight sacred time-combinations to stress intensity of fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambhatīrtha remains the implied focus as the phala-śruti continues.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, performance of tīrtha-acts (snāna/dāna) whose fruit is compared to that of a Saturday Amāvāsyā.