Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वाचिकैर्मानसैर्वापि शारीरैश्च विशेषतः । कीर्तनात्तस्य तीर्थस्य मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

vācikairmānasairvāpi śārīraiśca viśeṣataḥ | kīrtanāttasya tīrthasya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Ob Sünden der Rede, des Geistes oder besonders des Körpers: Durch das Besingen und Verkünden jenes Tīrtha wird man von allen Verfehlungen und jedem Fall befreit.

Word by Word

• वाचिकैः: by verbal (sins)
• वाचिकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• मानसैः: by mental (sins)
• मानसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/emphasis)

• शारीरैः: by bodily (sins)
• शारीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कीर्तनात्: from/through the praising (recitation)
• कीर्तनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpati/bhūpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage emphasizes that praising the tīrtha dissolves sins of mind, speech, and body; the king receives assurance of total purification.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional proclamation (kīrtana) of a sacred place’s greatness is treated as a comprehensive purifier—addressing faults of speech, mind, and bodily action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same unnamed ‘great tīrtha’ being introduced in Adhyāya 44; the verse emphasizes its purificatory power rather than its name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana—reciting, praising, and publicly recounting the tīrtha’s greatness—as a means to remove sins.