Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्ववेदैश्च सषडङ्गपदक्रमैः । श्रुतैश्च पठितैस्तस्मात्फलमष्टगुणं भवेत्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvavedaiśca saṣaḍaṅgapadakramaiḥ | śrutaiśca paṭhitaistasmātphalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet

Translation

ผลบุญใดเกิดจากการสดับและศึกษาเวททั้งปวง พร้อมทั้งเวทางคะทั้งหกและการสวดตามลำดับบทนั้น ผลบุญนั้นย่อมทวีเป็นแปดเท่า

Word by Word

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative)

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

• sarva-vedaiḥ: by all the Vedas
• sarva-vedaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + veda (वेद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वे वेदाः)

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

• sa-ṣaḍ-aṅga-pada-kramaiḥ: with the word-sequences (recitations) along with the six auxiliaries (Vedāṅgas)
• sa-ṣaḍ-aṅga-pada-kramaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय) + ṣaṭ (षट्-संख्याशब्द) + aṅga (अङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) + pada (पद-प्रातिपदिक) + krama (क्रम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः (षडङ्गानां पदक्रमाः) तत्पुरुषः; 'स' = 'सह' (with)

• śrutaiḥ: by those heard (i.e., learned by hearing)
• śrutaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

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

• paṭhitaiḥ: by those read/recited
• paṭhitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु) → paṭhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् = तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी (5) एकवचनरूपम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (therefore/from that)

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

• aṣṭa-guṇam: eightfold
• aṣṭa-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (अष्ट-संख्याशब्द) + guṇa (गुण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अष्टगुणं = eightfold)

• bhavet: would be, becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned reciter chants Revā-māhātmya before a gathered assembly; behind them flows the serene Revā, while symbolic Veda manuscripts and ṣaḍaṅga emblems appear as radiant motifs, indicating eightfold fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional hearing/recitation of a tīrtha-māhātmya is exalted as yielding extraordinary merit, even surpassing extensive scriptural study.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Revā/Narmadā, since the surrounding verses frame the ‘fruit’ as belonging to Revā-carita śravaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) are presented as the key religious acts.