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

大王啊，若有人在彼处以信心礼敬瓦摩提婆（Vāmadeva），便立刻获得等同于阿耆尼什托摩（Agniṣṭoma）祭的功德。

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).