Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वेदाभ्यासं तु तत्रैव यः करोति समाहितः । सोऽश्वमेधफलं राजंल्लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

vedābhyāsaṃ tu tatraiva yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ | so'śvamedhaphalaṃ rājaṃllabhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แต่ผู้ใดมีจิตตั้งมั่น ศึกษาพระเวท ณ ที่นั้นเอง โอ้พระราชา ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งอัศวเมธยัญ—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• वेदाभ्यासम्: study/recitation of the Veda
• वेदाभ्यासम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine; तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य अभ्यासः)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — locative adverb ‘there’

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restriction/emphasis)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Relative pronoun, nominative singular masculine

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचनम् — Present, 3rd person singular active

• समाहितः: concentrated, composed
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु √धा)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग — Past participle used adjectivally ‘composed/collected’, nominative singular masculine

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Pronoun, nominative singular masculine

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular neuter; तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Vocative singular masculine

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु √लभ्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचनम् — Present, 3rd person singular middle

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

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘here/in this matter’

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta/Existential subject (अस्ति-लोपे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dārutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A focused reciter seated on a riverbank platform, holding palm-leaf or reciting from memory, with a small sacred fire or lamp nearby; the scene subtly overlays a symbolic Aśvamedha (horse, altar) as a metaphoric aura.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred learning performed at a holy place multiplies merit, equated here with the Aśvamedha’s fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dārutīrtha (the referenced ‘tatraiva’ holy spot) in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedābhyāsa (Vedic study/recitation) done with samādhāna (mental concentration).