Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यदन्यः प्राप्नुयान्मर्त्यस्तत्पूजासंभवं फलम् । षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण पुष्पेणैकेन तत्फलम्

Transliteration

yadanyaḥ prāpnuyānmartyastatpūjāsaṃbhavaṃ phalam | ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa puṣpeṇaikena tatphalam

Translation

മറ്റൊരു മർത്ത്യൻ ആ പൂജയിൽ നിന്ന് നേടുന്ന ഫലം എന്തോ, അതേ ഫലം (ദീക്ഷിത ഭക്തൻ) ഷഡക്ഷരമന്ത്രജപത്താലും ഒരു പുഷ്പാർപ്പണത്താലും നേടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेष्य (another person)

• prāpnuyāt: would obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (phalam इति)

• pūjā-saṃbhavam: arising from worship
• pūjā-saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पূजायाः सम्भवम् = arising from worship)

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

• ṣaḍ-akṣareṇa: with the six-syllabled
• ṣaḍ-akṣareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षडक्षरः = six-syllabled)

• maṃtreṇa: by/with a mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• puṣpeṇa: with a flower
• puṣpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ekena: with one (single)
• ekena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpeṇa इति)

• tat-phalam: that fruit (same result)
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् फलम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dīkṣita devotee chants a six-syllabled mantra with closed eyes, offering a single flower at the shrine; around him, others perform elaborate pūjā—yet the devotee’s aura equals theirs, illustrating condensed ritual power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Ṣaḍakṣara-mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere mantra-based devotion, especially for the initiated, can condense elaborate ritual into a simple offering with equivalent merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is the potency of mantra and minimal offerings within the Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/utterance of a ṣaḍakṣara (six-syllable) mantra and offering a single flower as a complete act of worship.