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

O König, wer dies hört, wird von allen Sünden frei — den aus dem Geist und den aus den Taten — die sich über sieben Geburten angesammelt haben.

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).