Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

यथोक्तं च फलं तस्य स्फुटं सर्वं भविष्यति । शनिवारे ह्यमावास्या भवेत्तस्याः फलं च यत्

Transliteration

yathoktaṃ ca phalaṃ tasya sphuṭaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati | śanivāre hyamāvāsyā bhavettasyāḥ phalaṃ ca yat

Translation

Buah pahala yang telah disebut baginya akan nyata semuanya dengan jelas, tanpa syak. Dan apa jua kebajikan apabila hari Amāvāsyā (hari bulan gelap) jatuh pada hari Sabtu—

Word by Word

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as, according to)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Sambandha (Reference/अनुसन्धान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् (as said)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• tasya: of that (person/act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• sphuṭam: clearly, distinctly
• sphuṭam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying phalam/sarvam)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (all)

• bhaviṣyati: will be, will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• śanivāre: on Saturday
• śanivāre: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day
• amāvāsyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• bhavet: would be / occurs
• bhavet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्? अत्र विधिलिङ् (potential/optative); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tasyāḥ: of that (amāvāsyā)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate/subject)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• yat: whatever (result)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative: whatever/which)

Speaker

Dharma (personified), continuing the merit comparison

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda/Guha (and/or assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-to-dawn Amāvāsyā atmosphere at a riverside ford; pilgrims perform snāna and dāna under a dark sky; subtle iconography of Śani (Saturn) indicating Saturday concurrence; the pillar stands as a steady silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Śanivāra (Saturday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit accrues powerfully when righteous acts are done at a praised tīrtha, and Purāṇas also highlight sacred time-combinations to stress intensity of fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambhatīrtha remains the implied focus as the phala-śruti continues.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, performance of tīrtha-acts (snāna/dāna) whose fruit is compared to that of a Saturday Amāvāsyā.