Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

चांद्रायणादिकृच्छ्राणामनुष्ठानफलं लभेत् । चतुर्णामपि वेदानां पारायणफलं तथा

Transliteration

cāṃdrāyaṇādikṛcchrāṇāmanuṣṭhānaphalaṃ labhet | caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ pārāyaṇaphalaṃ tathā

Translation

ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลแห่งการบำเพ็ญตบะและพรต เช่น จันทรายนะและกฤจฉระทั้งหลาย อีกทั้งได้ผลแห่งการสาธยายพระเวททั้งสี่ประการด้วย

Word by Word

• चांद्रायणादिकृच्छ्राणाम्: of penances such as the Cāndrāyaṇa and others
• चांद्रायणादिकृच्छ्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चांद्रायण + आदि + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अनुष्ठानफलम्: the fruit of performance
• अनुष्ठानफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्ठान + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• चतुर्णाम्: of four
• चतुर्णाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• पारायणफलम्: the fruit of recitation (complete reading)
• पारायणफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारायण + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performing snāna and then sitting on kusa grass reciting Vedic mantras symbolically; moon motif indicating Cāndrāyaṇa; brāhmaṇa teacher figure blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa
• Kṛcchra
• Caturveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is exalted as a dharmic shortcut where sincere pilgrimage can yield the fruits of severe vows and extensive scriptural recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing passage praises Setu/Dhanuṣkoṭi as the locus granting these fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: undertake the Setu/Dhanuṣkoṭi tīrtha practice (snāna/darśana) to obtain the fruits of Cāndrāyaṇa, Kṛcchra, and Caturveda pārāyaṇa.