Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एवं युक्तस्तु यस्तत्र पापं कृत्वा सुदारुणम् । स्नात्वा जप्त्वा विधानेन मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

evaṃ yuktastu yastatra pāpaṃ kṛtvā sudāruṇam | snātvā japtvā vidhānena mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

So wird, wer dort in rechter Zucht steht, selbst wenn er eine äußerst schreckliche Sünde begangen hat, durch Bad und Japa nach vorgeschriebener Ordnung von allen Verfehlungen und Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• युक्तः: endowed/engaged (in this discipline)
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (यः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थ

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having committed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done/committed’

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु + दारुणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम्)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having recited (mantras)’

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (सर्वपातक = सर्वाणि पातकानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely Māhātmya narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes river snāna, then sits on the bank counting japa on a mālā; the water glows, and dark stains (symbolic pāpa) dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• japa
• vidhi (ritual rule)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripturally guided practice (vidhi)—especially bathing and mantra-japa—functions as powerful purification and moral restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā/Narmadā tīrtha described in Revā Khaṇḍa (Āvantya Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna and japa performed ‘vidhānena’ (according to the proper ritual procedure).