Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य सकलं लप्स्यते फलम् । अनेकजन्मजं पापं नाशमेष्यति पावक

Transliteration

agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sakalaṃ lapsyate phalam | anekajanmajaṃ pāpaṃ nāśameṣyati pāvaka

Translation

他将获得阿耆尼什托摩祭（Agniṣṭoma）之圆满果报；并且累世所积之罪业将趋于灭尽，噢帕瓦迦（火神阿耆尼）。

Word by Word

• agniṣṭomasya: of the Agniṣṭoma
• agniṣṭomasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• yajñasya: of the sacrifice
• yajñasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agniṣṭomasya इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• sakalam: entire, complete
• sakalam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; phalam इत्यस्य विशेषण

• lapsyate: will obtain
• lapsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/कर्तरि-भावः (will obtain)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्राप्तव्य-कर्म

• aneka: many
• aneka: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद; समासपूर्वाङ्ग (component of compound)

• janmajam: born of (many) births
• janmajam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janma-ja (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pāpam इत्यस्य विशेषण; 'जन्मनः जातम्'

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाशम् एष्यति इत्यस्य कर्म

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; एष्यति इत्यस्य गत्यर्थक-कर्म (goal)

• eṣyati: will go to / will reach
• eṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; गत्यर्थक

• pāvaka: O Fire (Pāvaka)
• pāvaka: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation from 66)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: the pilgrim’s dawn bath and mantra ignite an inner sacrificial fire; above, a radiant Agni appears, and the merit of an Agniṣṭoma is shown as a celestial scale tipping toward puṇya while dark karmic soot dissolves.

Characters & Entities

• Agniṣṭoma
• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Vahnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā joined with mantra and purity can confer great Vedic merit and deep moral purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vahnitīrtha, whose practices are said to yield Agniṣṭoma-like fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation: snāna and Agni-sūkta japa at the tīrtha, yielding the fruit of Agniṣṭoma and destruction of accumulated sins.