Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173

Devanagari script

अग्निरुवाच । अत्रागत्य शुचिः श्राद्धं यः करिष्यति मानवः । आत्मवित्तानुसारेण तस्य यज्ञफलं भवेत्

Transliteration

agniruvāca | atrāgatya śuciḥ śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ | ātmavittānusāreṇa tasya yajñaphalaṃ bhavet

Translation

阿耆尼说：凡人来此自净，依其财力行施祖祭（śrāddha），必得祭祀（yajña）之果报。

Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni
• अग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having come

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• आत्मवित्तानुसारेण: according to one’s own means
• आत्मवित्तानुसारेण: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (instrumental of manner): according to one’s own means/wealth

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• यज्ञफलम्: fruit of a sacrifice
• यज्ञफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य फलम्)

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Agni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (as framed in Arbudakhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni as a radiant deity-speaker near a tīrtha, while a pilgrim—freshly bathed—offers śrāddha: kuśa grass, piṇḍas, water libations, and respectful feeding; the atmosphere is orderly and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Śrāddha
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is accessible: even modest śrāddha, done sincerely and within one’s means at a holy place, yields great spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra tīrtha/āśrama described in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Arbuda Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 36.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arrive purified (śuci), then perform śrāddha in proportion to one’s resources (ātma-vitta-anusāreṇa).