Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 82
Devanagari script
हुत्वा वैष्णवमंत्रेण शुचिर्यत्फलमाप्नुयात् । तदिहैकमना विप्र शृणु यत्कथयामि ते
Transliteration
hutvā vaiṣṇavamaṃtreṇa śuciryatphalamāpnuyāt | tadihaikamanā vipra śṛṇu yatkathayāmi te
Translation
വൈഷ്ണവമന്ത്രത്തോടെ ഹോമാഹുതി അർപ്പിച്ച് ശുദ്ധൻ നേടുന്ന ഫലം ഏതോ—ഹേ വിപ്ര, ഏകാഗ്രചിത്തത്തോടെ കേൾക്കുക; ഞാൻ പറയുന്നതുപോലെ ഇവിടെക്കും അതേ ഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
हुत्वाhaving offered (into fire)
हुत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु) → हुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया
वैष्णव-मन्त्रेणwith a Vaiṣṇava mantra
वैष्णव-मन्त्रेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootवैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (वैष्णवः मन्त्रः)
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); कर्तृविशेषणम् (qualifier of the doer)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)
आप्नुयात्may obtain
आप्नुयात्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootआप्/आप्नु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); निर्देश (demonstrative)
इहhere
इह:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
एक-मनाःsingle-minded
एक-मनाः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); बहुव्रीहिः (एकं मनः यस्य सः)
विप्रO Brahmin
विप्र:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Prayojaka/Ājñā (Imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्
यत्what/which
यत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
कथयामिI tell
कथयामि:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम
Speaker
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu (Vaiṣṇava mantra)H
HomaFAQs
Purāṇic teaching often equates tīrtha observance with major ritual acts, stressing devotion and purity over mere complexity.
The Ayodhyā saṅgama tīrtha being discussed in this chapter.
Homa (offering oblations) performed with a Vaiṣṇava mantra, framed as a benchmark for the tīrtha’s promised merit.