Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सर्वं कोटिगुणं तस्य फलं विप्रा भविष्यति । दाक्षिणात्यो नरो यस्तु श्राद्धमत्र करिष्यति

Transliteration

sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya phalaṃ viprā bhaviṣyati | dākṣiṇātyo naro yastu śrāddhamatra kariṣyati

Translation

…हे विप्रहो, त्याचे सर्व फळ कोटीगुण होईल. आणि जो दक्षिण देशातील मनुष्य येथे श्राद्ध करील…

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: entire; all
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier of फलं)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• कोटिगुणम्: million-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier of फलं)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोट्या गुणः = million-fold) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• तस्य: of that; his
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation: 'of him/that')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: सम्बोधन/सम्बन्ध (Address: 'O brāhmaṇas')
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• दाक्षिणात्यः: southern (from the south)
• दाक्षिणात्यः: विशेषण (Qualifier of नरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाक्षिणात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject of करिष्यति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: सम्बन्ध (Relative pronoun: who)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण (Locative sense: here)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī vāṇī (continuing proclamation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis addressed; king as secondary audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and pilgrims offer water (tarpaṇa) and perform śrāddha rites near the Koṭīśvara shrine; offerings of piṇḍa and sesame are arranged; the divine proclamation of ‘koṭi-guṇa phala’ is symbolized by multiplying light rays.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
• śrāddha
• Koṭīśvara (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts of devotion and ancestral duty performed at empowered tīrthas yield amplified spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Koṭīśvara-liṅga locale in Arbuda, where worship and śrāddha are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha ‘here’ (at this sacred place) is recommended and said to grant extraordinary results.