Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

वामदेवं यजेत्तत्र यदि श्रद्धासमन्वितः । अग्निष्टोमफलं राजन्सद्यः प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

vāmadevaṃ yajettatra yadi śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | agniṣṭomaphalaṃ rājansadyaḥ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

Tâu Đại vương, nếu một người tại nơi ấy thờ phụng Vāmadeva với lòng tín kính, thì lập tức đạt công đức ngang với lễ tế Agniṣṭoma.

Word by Word

• वामदेवम्: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma-deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वामः देवः) / देव-नाम

• यजेत्: should worship/sacrifice to
• यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘समन्वित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (श्रद्धया समन्वितः)

• अग्निष्टोम-फलम्: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice
• अग्निष्टोम-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्निष्टोमस्य फलम्)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘प्र’

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 7 where Pulastya speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāmadeva-sthāna (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small stone shrine of Vāmadeva/Śiva in Arbuda; a devotee offers bilva leaves and lamp; a royal figure listens as a sage explains the Agniṣṭoma-equivalent fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmadeva
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at a sanctified place can confer the same merit as major Vedic sacrifices, showing the Purāṇic emphasis on accessible dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a sacred locale within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda region) where Vāmadeva is to be worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (yajana/pūjā) of Vāmadeva performed with śraddhā (faith).