Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधफलं तेषां सम्यक्छ्रद्धार्चनेन वै । भविष्यति न संदेहो ह्यस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः

Transliteration

aśvamedhaphalaṃ teṣāṃ samyakchraddhārcanena vai | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho hyasmadvākyaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

ସେମାନଙ୍କର ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଅର୍ଚ୍ଚନାଦ୍ୱାରା ଅଶ୍ୱମେଧ ଯଜ୍ଞର ଫଳ ମିଳିବ; ଆମ ବାକ୍ୟପ୍ରଭାବରୁ ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit/result of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• श्रद्धा-अर्चनेन: by worship with faith
• श्रद्धा-अर्चनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, emphatic)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, causal/emphatic)

• अस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः: due to the power of our statement/words
• अस्मद्वाक्यप्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular; -तः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (continuation of their declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍaveśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narrative audience; framed to a beloved lady in the broader dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages declare with certainty that faithful worship yields Aśvamedha fruit; the visual juxtaposes a simple shrine-worship scene with a faint, symbolic overlay of a grand horse-sacrifice procession, emphasizing equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Aśvamedha
• Arcana (worship)
• Śraddhā (faith)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, correct worship at a powerful tīrtha can yield merits comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, emphasizing bhakti and śraddhā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Pāṇḍaveśvara liṅga (within the Saṃnihitī-related māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śraddhā-yukta arcana—faith-filled, proper worship—of the liṅga.