Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सत्त्रयज्ञेन तद्भवेन्नात्र संशयः । तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि पितरः संप्रतर्पिताः

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sattrayajñena tadbhavennātra saṃśayaḥ | tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi pitaraḥ saṃpratarpitāḥ

Translation

ผลใดเกิดจากสัตรยัญ ผลนั้นย่อมได้ที่นี่แน่นอน ปราศจากข้อสงสัย; ด้วยกรรมนั้น บรรพชนทั้งหลายย่อมอิ่มเอมบริบูรณ์ตลอดสิบสองปี

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सत्त्रयज्ञेन: by the sattrayajña
• सत्त्रयज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्र + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष (sattrayajña: sacrificial session)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Context/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• द्वादशवर्षाणि: twelve years
• द्वादशवर्षाणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगु-समास (twelve years)

• पितरः: the ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• संप्रतर्पिताः: fully satisfied
• संप्रतर्पिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Meghanāda (Garjana) Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest completes piṇḍa-dāna; subtle vision of pitṛs receiving offerings, appearing content; a symbolic ‘twelve-year’ motif shown as a wheel of time or twelve solar marks around the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Sattra-yajña
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based rites can equal major Vedic sacrifices, and properly directed merit supports one’s ancestors (pitṛs).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garjana/Meghanāda Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ancestral satisfaction is linked to rites at the tīrtha, especially piṇḍa-dāna/tarpaṇa implied from the preceding verse.