Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैरगम्यागमनोद्भवैः । अभक्ष्यभक्षणोद्भूतैरपेयापेयजैरपि

Transliteration

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvairagamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇodbhūtairapeyāpeyajairapi

Translation

মানুহ সকলো পাতকৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়—নিষিদ্ধ সঙ্গমৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন, অভক্ষ্য ভক্ষণৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন, আৰু অপেয় পানৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন পাপৰ পৰাও।

Word by Word

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; वियोगार्थे (from sins)

• sarvaiḥ: all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of pātakaiḥ)

• agamya-āgamana-udbhavaiḥ: arising from going to the forbidden (illicit approach)
• agamya-āgamana-udbhavaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agamya (कृदन्त; a-√gam) + āgamana (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अगम्यस्य आगमनस्य उद्भवः) विशेषण (pātakaiḥ)

• abhakṣya-bhakṣaṇa-udbhūtaiḥ: arising from eating what should not be eaten
• abhakṣya-bhakṣaṇa-udbhūtaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhūta (कृदन्त; ud-√bhū)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणात् उद्भूत) विशेषण

• apeya-apeya-jaiḥ: arising from drinking what should not be drunk
• apeya-apeya-jaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apeya (प्रातिपदिक) + apeya (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (अपेयं च अपेयं च) + तद्धितार्थ (ज) ‘born from’

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing the phala-śruti of the vrata)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara (Revā tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the night vigil, devotees stand purified before the Śiva-linga; the lamp’s last flames glow at dawn; the river reflects pale light—symbolizing release from grave transgressions.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes that sincere devotion and prescribed observances can purify even serious transgressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The merit is stated within Revā-kṣetra discourse, though the verse lists categories of sins rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse states the result (sin-removal) of the preceding vrata acts (fasting, vigil, lamp offering).