Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

व्युष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि

Transliteration

vyuṣṭirbhavati yā puṃsāṃ na sā kratuśatairapi

Translation

ความตื่นรู้และการยกจิตอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ดุจรุ่งอรุณที่เกิดแก่ผู้คน (ด้วยวัตรนี้) แม้ประกอบยัญพิธีเวทถึงร้อยครั้งก็ยังมิอาจบรรลุได้

Word by Word

• व्युष्टिः: dawn; daybreak; awakening
• व्युष्टिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes; happens
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• या: which
• या: Visheshana (विशेषण/relative qualifier of व्युष्टिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• पुंसाम्: of men; of people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• सा: that (dawn/awakening)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• क्रतुशतैः: by hundreds of sacrifices
• क्रतुशतैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु-शत (प्रातिपदिक; क्रतु + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (शतं क्रतूनाम्)

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

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha (Sarayū/saṅgama observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (general)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic dawn within the heart: a pilgrim after snāna sits in meditation on the ghāṭa; behind, a grand sacrificial arena with many fires fades in significance; the inner sunrise is the focus.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner awakening and grace gained through holy observance can surpass even grand sacrificial ritualism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, as presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named in this verse; it asserts the superior fruit of the ongoing Pauṣa-related observance being described in context.