Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । स तत्फलमवाप्नोति स्मृत्वा देवं विनायकम्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | sa tatphalamavāpnoti smṛtvā devaṃ vināyakam

Translation

സകല തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യവും, സകല യജ്ഞങ്ങളിലുമുള്ള ഫലവും—ദേവനായ വിനായകനെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രംകൊണ്ട് അതേ ഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative: whatever/which)

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

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all pilgrimage places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्राय (all sacred places)

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

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative: whatever)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (he)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (that)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (object)

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (attains)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): “having remembered”

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विनायकम्: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन (apposition to deva)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; classic phalaśruti style within Prabhāsa māhātmya.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vināyaka-smaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim closes the eyes in Vināyaka-smaraṇa; behind, a visionary montage shows many tīrthas and yajña fires dissolving into a single radiant form of Vināyaka, signifying condensed merit.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Tīrthas
• Yajñas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of Vināyaka is elevated as a potent dharmic act, equated with vast ritual and pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, framing Vināyaka’s remembrance as especially meritorious in this sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa—devout remembrance of Vināyaka—is prescribed as a merit-bestowing practice.