Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

द्वाभ्यामपि फलं तुल्यं नास्ति काचिद्विचारणा

Transliteration

dvābhyāmapi phalaṃ tulyaṃ nāsti kācidvicāraṇā

Translation

ഇരുവിധത്തിലും ഫലം തുല്യമാണ്; ഇതിൽ സംശയമോ കൂടുതൽ വിചാരണമോ ഇല്ല.

Word by Word

• द्वाभ्याम्: by/with the two (cases)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Karana (Comparison basis/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; संख्या

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुल्यम्: equal
• तुल्यम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• काचित्: any (some)
• काचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator raises a hand in assurance while pilgrims listen; the words ‘tulyaṃ phalam’ are visually implied by balanced scales beside a temple silhouette of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic teaching emphasizes certainty: the merit described for Prabhāsa-darśana equals the compared religious acts, without doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa/Prabhāsakṣetra, the famed sacred field praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named in this verse; it asserts equivalence of fruits between two alternatives referenced in adjacent verses.