Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

श्रुतं च तन्मया सर्वं दानधर्मफलं शुभम् । पूर्वजन्मार्जितं पापं स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः

Transliteration

śrutaṃ ca tanmayā sarvaṃ dānadharmaphalaṃ śubham | pūrvajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ snānadānavratādibhiḥ

Translation

„All dies habe ich vernommen: die glückverheißenden Früchte der Dharma des Gebens. Sünden, die in früheren Geburten angesammelt wurden, werden durch heilige Bäder, durch Spenden, durch Gelübde und ähnliche Übungen vernichtet.“

Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: क्रिया-सम्बद्ध (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• दानधर्मफलम्: the fruit of the duty of giving
• दानधर्मफलम्: कर्म (Apposition to ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + धर्म + फल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानधर्मस्य फलम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘दानधर्मफलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: acquired in a former birth
• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + जन्म + अर्जित (अर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससम्भवः; अर्थः—‘पूर्वजन्मनि अर्जितम्’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः: by baths, gifts, vows, etc.
• स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + दान + व्रत + आदि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (स्नानं च दानं च व्रतं च) + ‘आदि’ समाहार/समुच्चयार्थ; ‘-आदिभिः’ = ‘आदि’शब्देन सह तृतीया बहुवचन

Speaker

Śabara (continued from prior verse; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrthas (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His wife

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ghāṭa performing snāna at dawn, then offering dāna to Brāhmaṇas and taking a vow; subtle imagery of ‘darkness’ (pāpa) dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Dāna
• Vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past karmic burdens can be cleansed through dharmic disciplines—especially sacred bathing, charity, and vow-observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa frame implies tīrtha-snāna in the Revā/Narmadā sacred geography, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (holy bathing), dāna (charity), and vrata (vows/observances) are stated as means of removing sins.