Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

आप्तोर्यामस्य यज्ञस्य फलमष्टगुणं भवेत् । सुग्रीवतीर्थस्नानेन नरमेधफलं लभेत

Transliteration

āptoryāmasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet | sugrīvatīrthasnānena naramedhaphalaṃ labheta

Translation

ผลแห่งยัญอาปโตรียามะย่อมทวีเป็นแปดเท่า. การอาบน้ำที่สุครีวตีรถะย่อมได้ผลบุญดุจยัญนรเมธะ.

Word by Word

• आप्तोर्यामस्य: of the Āptoryāma (sacrifice)
• आप्तोर्यामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्तोर्याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; यज्ञविशेषनाम

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st case), एकवचन

• अष्टगुणम्: eightfold
• अष्टगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (अष्टौ गुणाः यस्य/अष्टगुणम् = eightfold) फलम् इति विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सुग्रीवतीर्थस्नानेन: by bathing at Sugrīva-tīrtha
• सुग्रीवतीर्थस्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव + तीर्थ + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुग्रीवस्य तीर्थस्य स्नानम्)

• नरमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Naramedha
• नरमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नरमेधस्य फलम्)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sugrīvatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: on one side, a grand Vedic yajña with priests and fire; on the other, a simple pilgrim bathing at Sugrīvatīrtha; above, a scale tips toward the bath, showing eightfold merit and Naramedha-equivalence as a Purāṇic assertion.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīvatīrtha
• Āptoryāma
• Naramedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is acclaimed as a shortcut to immense ritual merit, magnifying or equaling the results of elaborate Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sugrīvatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (holy bathing) at Sugrīvatīrtha is explicitly prescribed as the means to obtain these stated merits.