Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जन्तुः सर्वपापैर्नरेश्वर । मानसैः कर्मजैश्चैव सप्तजन्मसु संचितैः

Transliteration

yacchrutvā mucyate jantuḥ sarvapāpairnareśvara | mānasaiḥ karmajaiścaiva saptajanmasu saṃcitaiḥ

Translation

أيها الملك، من سمع هذا تحرّر من جميع الآثام، ما كان منها من خواطر النفس وما كان من الأفعال، مما تراكم في سبع ولادات.

Word by Word

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘which/that (teaching)’

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• jantuḥ: a creature / person
• jantuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apādāna (Ablative sense via passive: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (sarvāṇi pāpāni)

• nara-īśvara: O lord of men
• nara-īśvara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narāṇām īśvaraḥ)

• mānasaiḥ: mental
• mānasaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pāpaiḥ)

• karma-jaiḥ: born of actions
• karma-jaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; पञ्चमी/तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘karmaṇā jāta’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sapta-janmasu: in seven births
• sapta-janmasu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (sapta janmāni)

• saṃcitaiḥ: accumulated
• saṃcitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√ci (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pāpaiḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (heard)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king listens as the narrator declares the sin-destroying power of this Purāṇa; subtle imagery of dark stains dissolving into light, suggesting seven-birth karmic release.

Characters & Entities

• Nareśvara (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devout listening to sacred Purāṇic narration is proclaimed as a powerful purifier, dissolving deep karmic and mental impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it praises the māhātmya of hearing within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening to the Purāṇa) is the stated practice, credited with pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).