Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

सर्वरोगोपशमनं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णममावास्यां तु भावितः

Transliteration

sarvarogopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamamāvāsyāṃ tu bhāvitaḥ

Translation

Dies besänftigt alle Krankheiten und vernichtet alle Sünden: so ist das Verdienst dessen, der ein volles Jahr lang in Hingabe die Amāvāsyā-Observanz bewahrt.

Word by Word

• सर्वरोगोपशमनम्: the pacification of all diseases
• सर्वरोगोपशमनम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or nominal predicate/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + रोग + उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां रोगाणाम् उपशमनम्)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or nominal predicate/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal measure/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)

• पूर्णम्: complete
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (संवत्सरम्)

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on new-moon day)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• भावितः: is devoted/has performed (with contemplation)
• भावितः: Karta (Agent as described/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भावित (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘भावितः’ = cultivated/meditated upon; यः-सम्बन्धि

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king) is the explicit addressee in the immediate passage-context of this chapter

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee observing Amāvāsyā over successive months: dawn/dusk riverbank worship, simple diet, lamp offerings, tarpaṇa gestures; the moonless sky and quiet river underscore austerity and inner focus.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sacred-time discipline (vrata) is portrayed as both spiritually purifying and life-supporting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is within Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya; the verse emphasizes the vow rather than naming a new site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Amāvāsyā with sustained devotion for an entire year (a year-long Amāvāsyā vrata).