Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति आदित्येश्वरकीर्तनात् । श्रुते यस्य प्रभावे न जायते यन्नृपात्मज

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ādityeśvarakīrtanāt | śrute yasya prabhāve na jāyate yannṛpātmaja

Translation

โอรสกษัตริย์เอ๋ย ด้วยการสรรเสริญและขับคีรตนะพระอาทิตเยศวร ย่อมได้ผลนั้นโดยแน่นอน อานุภาพของพระองค์เมื่อได้สดับแล้ว ผลนั้นย่อมไม่คงอยู่ในความไม่ปรากฏ—ย่อมบังเกิดแน่แท้

Word by Word

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• आदित्य-ईश्वर-कीर्तनात्: from praising Ādityeśvara
• आदित्य-ईश्वर-कीर्तनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (आदित्यस्य ईश्वरः = आदित्येश्वरः; तस्य कीर्तनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• श्रुते: in the heard tradition
• श्रुते: Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संबोधनार्थे/प्रसङ्गे (in what is heard/according to tradition)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रभावे: in (its) power/effect
• प्रभावे: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma/Predicate nominal (that which/यत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचकं (relative)

• नृप-आत्मज: O king's son
• नृप-आत्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य आत्मजः); पुंलिङ्गे, संबोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing instruction to a royal/Pāṇḍava listener in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpātmaja (prince)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (possibly a prince) stands with folded hands before an Ādityeśvara liṅga crowned by a solar disc; sound-waves of kīrtana rise, and the promised fruits appear as symbolic emblems (cow-gift, tīrtha-water, sesame vessel).

Characters & Entities

• Ādityeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere kīrtana (praise/recitation) of Ādityeśvara itself becomes a direct means to attain the promised merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśvara is being praised as a sacred Śaiva focus within the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha tradition of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana—devotional recitation/praise of Ādityeśvara—is presented as the efficacious practice.