Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यत्फलं सर्ववेदेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु शंकर । अवगाहेन तत्सर्वं भवत्विति मतिर्मम

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ sarvavedeṣu sarvayajñeṣu śaṃkara | avagāhena tatsarvaṃ bhavatviti matirmama

Translation

Hỡi Śaṅkara, mọi quả phúc có trong tất cả các Veda và trong mọi lễ tế yajña, nguyện cho hết thảy đều được thành tựu nhờ sự ngâm mình (avaghāna) nơi đây; ấy là chí nguyện của con.

Word by Word

• यत्-फलम्: whatever fruit/result
• यत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (that whose fruit)

• सर्व-वेदेषु: in all the Vedas
• सर्व-वेदेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• सर्व-यज्ञेषु: in all sacrifices
• सर्व-यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• अवगाहेन: by bathing/immersion
• अवगाहेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव + गाह (धातु) → अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• तत्-सर्वम्: all that
• तत्-सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणसमास

• भवतु: may it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिवाचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मतिः: thought, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sarid (the River-goddess; Revā/Narmadā in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) avagāha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revā’s vow-like statement before Śaṅkara: ‘Let immersion here yield the fruit of all Vedas and all yajñas.’ Depict symbolic Vedic fires and sacrificial implements dissolving into the river’s luminous waters.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Yajña
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text elevates tīrtha-sevā as a concentrated path of merit, aligning sacred geography with the fruits of scripture and sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, where avagāhana is praised as yielding Vedic and yajñic fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana (immersion) as the core act, implicitly to be done with faith/devotion as in the surrounding verses.