Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

द्वादशाब्दान्नमस्काराद्भक्त्या यल्लभते फलम् । मन्त्रयुक्तनमस्कारात्सकृत्तल्लभते फलम्

Transliteration

dvādaśābdānnamaskārādbhaktyā yallabhate phalam | mantrayuktanamaskārātsakṛttallabhate phalam

Translation

ผลที่ได้จากการนอบน้อมกราบไหว้ด้วยภักติยาวนานสิบสองปี ย่อมได้ผลนั้นเองด้วยการกราบเพียงครั้งเดียวที่ประกอบด้วยมนตร์

Word by Word

• dvādaśa-abdāt: from (a period of) twelve years
• dvādaśa-abdāt: Apādāna (Source/starting point/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + abda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• namaskārāt: from salutation
• namaskārāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative)

• labhate: one obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• mantra-yukta-namaskārāt: from a mantra-accompanied salutation
• mantra-yukta-namaskārāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj/युज् "to join" + क्त) + namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (विशेषणपूर्वपद: mantra-yukta)

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्ति-बोधक (once)

• tat: that (same)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम (correlative)

• labhate: one obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style in tīrtha-māhātmya context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs a single full prostration before a deity while mantra syllables are depicted as luminous script; in the background, a faint montage shows years of repeated prostrations fading, emphasizing the ‘time-compression’ miracle of mantra.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra joined with devotion concentrates merit—right method and inner bhakti can equal long-term practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmya, framing worship and merit around the Revā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A single namaskāra (prostration) performed with mantra is prescribed as exceptionally meritorious.