Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं राजंस्तीर्थस्य फलमुत्तमम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो नित्यं मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ rājaṃstīrthasya phalamuttamam | yacchrutvā mānavo nityaṃ mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

O König, so habe ich dir die unübertreffliche Frucht dieses Tīrtha verkündet; wer sie hört, wird fortwährend von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive (6th), Singular (to you/for you)

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying फलम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having heard

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

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

• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्व-किल्बिषैः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural (ablatival sense with passive: 'from')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: The described Revā-tīrtha (unnamed in verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addressing a seated king, narrating the tīrtha’s fruits; listeners gathered; the river/temple hinted in backdrop; a subtle aura indicating sins falling away through hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Phala
• Śravaṇa (hearing)
• Kilbiṣa (sin)
• Rājan (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even attentive hearing of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is elevated as a purifying act within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed but contextually Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha whose greatness is being summarized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya regularly—as a means of cleansing sins.