Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कारयेद्धोमं संनिहित्यासमीपतः । एकैकाहुतिदानेन कोटिहोमफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yastatra kārayeddhomaṃ saṃnihityāsamīpataḥ | ekaikāhutidānena koṭihomaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

凡在彼处、近于三尼希提亚（Saṃnihityā）而令行护摩（homa）者，即使每次仅献一份供物，也能获得一俱胝护摩之果德。

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• कारयेत्: should cause to be performed
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) [णिच् causative: कारय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (to cause to be done)

• होमम्: a homa (fire-offering)
• होमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• संनिहित्यासमीपतः: in the vicinity of the sacred presence
• संनिहित्यासमीपतः: Adhikarana (Proximity context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संनिहित्य (अव्ययीभाव-भावकृदन्त) + समीपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः/अव्ययसमुच्चयः: 'संनिहित्य' (सन्निधिं कृत्वा/being present) + 'समीपतः' (nearby, ablatival adverb)

• एकैकाहुतिदानेन: by giving each single oblation
• एकैकाहुतिदानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचनम्; समासः: 'एकैक-आहुति-दान' (each single oblation-giving)

• कोटिहोमफलम्: the fruit of a crore homas
• कोटिहोमफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: 'कोटि-होमस्य फलम्'

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihita (Saṃnihityā-samīpa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small homa-kuṇḍa set near the lake; flames rise as a priest offers ghee with a ladle; pilgrims watch with folded hands; the air shimmers, implying ‘koṭi-homa’ fruit from single āhuti.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃnihityā (tīrtha)
• Homa
• Āhuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship performed at a powerful sacred geography yields amplified spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihityā tīrtha, a praised spot within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing (or sponsoring) a homa near Saṃnihityā, where even a single āhuti is said to grant vast merit.