Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

गायत्रीसारमात्रोऽपि तत्र यः क्रियते जपः । ऋग्यजुःसामसहितः स भवेन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

gāyatrīsāramātro'pi tatra yaḥ kriyate japaḥ | ṛgyajuḥsāmasahitaḥ sa bhavennātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แม้ผู้ใดทำชปะที่นั่นเพียงแก่นสารของคายตรีเท่านั้น ชปะนั้นย่อมประกอบด้วยเดชแห่งฤค ยชุส และสามัน—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• गायत्रीसारमात्रः: consisting only of the essence of the Gāyatrī
• गायत्रीसारमात्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गायत्री + सार + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (गायत्र्याः सारम्; तस्य मात्रः = ‘only the essence of Gāyatrī’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies जपः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘even/also’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘there’

• यः: which/that (japa)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• क्रियते: is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘is done/performed’

• जपः: recitation/japa
• जपः: Karta (Subject in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानी (subject of passive)

• ऋग्यजुःसामसहितः: accompanied by Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman (Vedas)
• ऋग्यजुःसामसहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋक् + यजुस् + सामन् + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (ऋक्+यजुस्+साम) + तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (तैः सहितः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सः)

• सः: it/he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would be/becomes’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘here/in this matter’

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject of ‘is not’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निषेध्य-विषय (thing negated)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from adhyāya-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Revā-khaṇḍa instruction sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator sits on kusa mat by the river, counting japa on rudrākṣa or fingers; above, three luminous streams or three Vedic symbols (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāman) converge into a single radiance labeled as Gāyatrī-sāra.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Brahmatīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra practice performed at a powerful tīrtha is intensified, as if supported by the full Vedic current.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmatīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Gāyatrī-based japa (even in concise/essential form) at the tīrtha.