Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

हुत्वा वैष्णवमंत्रेण शुचिर्यत्फलमाप्नुयात् । तदिहैकमना विप्र शृणु यत्कथयामि ते

Transliteration

hutvā vaiṣṇavamaṃtreṇa śuciryatphalamāpnuyāt | tadihaikamanā vipra śṛṇu yatkathayāmi te

Translation

凡清净之人以毗湿奴法门真言行火供所获之果报——婆罗门啊，当以一心谛听我所说：在此处亦得同等之果。

Word by Word

• हुत्वा: having offered (into fire)
• हुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• वैष्णव-मन्त्रेण: with a Vaiṣṇava mantra
• वैष्णव-मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (वैष्णवः मन्त्रः)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); कर्तृविशेषणम् (qualifier of the doer)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• आप्नुयात्: may obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्/आप्नु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); निर्देश (demonstrative)

• इह: here
• इह: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एक-मनाः: single-minded
• एक-मनाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); बहुव्रीहिः (एकं मनः यस्य सः)

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Prayojaka/Ājñā (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• यत्: what/which
• यत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (iha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipra (brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified worshipper beside a small homa-kuṇḍa on a riverbank in Ayodhyā, offering ghee with a ladle while a teacher addresses a brāhmaṇa listener, emphasizing attentive hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Vaiṣṇava mantra)
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching often equates tīrtha observance with major ritual acts, stressing devotion and purity over mere complexity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā saṅgama tīrtha being discussed in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Homa (offering oblations) performed with a Vaiṣṇava mantra, framed as a benchmark for the tīrtha’s promised merit.