Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

गायत्र्या च चतुर्वेदफलमाप्नोति मानवः । प्रभाते पूजयेद्विप्रानन्नदानहिरण्यतः

Transliteration

gāyatryā ca caturvedaphalamāpnoti mānavaḥ | prabhāte pūjayedviprānannadānahiraṇyataḥ

Translation

గాయత్రీ జపముచే మనుష్యుడు చతుర్వేదఫలమును పొందును. ప్రాతఃకాలమున బ్రాహ్మణులను అన్నదానము మరియు హిరణ్యదానముతో పూజించవలెను.

Word by Word

• गायत्र्या: by (the) Gāyatrī (mantra)
• गायत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्वेदफलम्: the fruit of the four Vedas
• चतुर्वेदफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + वेद + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदानां फलम्)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• अन्नदानहिरण्यतः: by (means of) food-gifts and gold
• अन्नदानहिरण्यतः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्न + दान + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/by means of'); पूर्वपद-द्वन्द्वः (अन्नदानं च हिरण्यं च)

Speaker

Narrator (Ravitīrtha Māhātmya context; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa / Pāṇḍava (kingly addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on the Revā’s bank, a devotee completes Gāyatrī-japa facing the rising sun, then offers food and gold to seated brāhmaṇas under a simple canopy; the river glows with morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa and generosity together form a complete dharmic practice—inner purification and outward compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravitīrtha, in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s account of sacred observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāyatrī japa, and at dawn the honouring of brāhmaṇas with food and gold donations.