Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं पुराणं रुद्रभाषितम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Dieses heilige Purāṇa, von Rudra gesprochen, tilgt alle Sünden. Höre nun die verdienstvolle Frucht, die der Mensch erlangt, der es in Hingabe vernimmt.

Word by Word

• sarva-pāpa-haram: removing all sins
• sarva-pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of purāṇam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: ‘सर्वेषां पापानां हरम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• puṇyam: holy, meritorious
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• purāṇam: Purana (sacred text)
• purāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• rudra-bhāṣitam: spoken by Rudra
• rudra-bhāṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/कर्तृ: ‘रुद्रेण भाषितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instrumental of manner)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• puṇya-phalam: the fruit of merit
• puṇya-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘पुण्यस्य फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• śṛṇu: hear (listen)
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (as a textual tīrtha) / Rudra-bhāṣita Purāṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and the assembled sages/kinsmen (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred manuscript or oral recitation scene where Rudra’s words are invoked; listeners sit with devotion as a luminous aura suggests sin-destruction through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to Śiva-sanctioned Purāṇic teaching is itself a purifier and a source of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is being framed as a sin-destroying revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the Purāṇa with bhakti—is presented as the key practice.