Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ऋग्यजुःसामवेदानां पठनाद्यत्फलं भवेत् । तत्र तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र गायत्र्या तत्फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

ṛgyajuḥsāmavedānāṃ paṭhanādyatphalaṃ bhavet | tatra tīrthe tu rājendra gāyatryā tatphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ข้าแต่ราชาธิราช ผลอันเกิดจากการสาธยายฤค ยชุร และสามเวท ณทีรถะนั้น ย่อมได้ผลเดียวกันด้วยการภาวนามนต์คายตรี

Word by Word

• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-vedānām: of the Ṛg-, Yajur-, and Sāma- Vedas
• ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-vedānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (प्रातिपदिक) + yajus (प्रातिपदिक) + sāman (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (ऋग्वेद-यजुर्वेद-सामवेद)

• paṭhanāt: from recitation
• paṭhanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavet: would be / may arise
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (राजा एव इन्द्रः)

• gāyatryā: by (reciting) the Gāyatrī
• gāyatryā: Karaṇa (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

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

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (वैकल्पिक-रूप; सामान्यतः आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator addressing a king — 'rājendra')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens to a sage at a riverbank hermitage; a meditator performs Gāyatrī-japa facing the sun; behind them, symbolic Vedic triad (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāma) appears as three luminous scrolls or flames merging into one mantra-light.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified place, focused mantra-japa (Gāyatrī) can confer the same merit as extensive Vedic recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a particular Revā/Narmadā tīrtha referenced in the surrounding passage of Adhyāya 142.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāyatrī-japa at the tīrtha as a means to gain Veda-recitation merit.