Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स्मरणात्तस्य वेदानां पारायणफलं लभेत् । दिनोपवासमात्रेण तस्य तीर्थस्य तीरतः

Transliteration

smaraṇāttasya vedānāṃ pārāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet | dinopavāsamātreṇa tasya tīrthasya tīrataḥ

Translation

เพียงระลึกถึงตีรถะนั้น ย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งการสาธยายพระเวท. และแม้ถืออุโบสถเพียงหนึ่งวัน ณ ฝั่งของตีรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ก็ยังบังเกิดบุญกุศลเช่นกัน.

Word by Word

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th case), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (from/by remembrance)

• तस्य: of that (tīrtha)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदानाम्: of the Vedas
• वेदानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), बहुवचन

• पारायणफलम्: the fruit of recitation (pārāyaṇa)
• पारायणफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारायण + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पारायणस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दिनोपवासमात्रेण: by merely a one-day fast
• दिनोपवासमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन + उपवास + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd case), एकवचन; समास: दिनोपवासमात्र = दिनस्य उपवासस्य मात्रम् (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन

• तीरतः: from the bank (thereof)
• तीरतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from the bank/shore’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sugrīvatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on the tīrtha bank in meditation, remembering the sacred ford; a palm-leaf Veda manuscript appears symbolically as light above the head; the sun and water create a tranquil halo.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīvatīrtha
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner devotion (remembrance) and simple austerity (a one-day fast) are elevated as potent paths to merit in tīrtha-centered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The referenced tīrtha in context is Sugrīvatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance) of the tīrtha and a one-day upavāsa (fast) performed at its bank.