Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त्रिजन्मजनितं पापं वरदस्य प्रभावतः । स्वर्गदं दुर्विनीतानां विनीतानां च मोक्षदम्

Transliteration

trijanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ varadasya prabhāvataḥ | svargadaṃ durvinītānāṃ vinītānāṃ ca mokṣadam

Translation

Durch die Macht des Segenspendenden wird die in drei Geburten angesammelte Sünde getilgt. Er schenkt den Ungezähmten den Himmel und den Gezügelten die Befreiung (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: produced from three births
• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरदस्य: of the boon-giver (Varada)
• वरदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभावतः: due to (his) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (because of)

• स्वर्गदम्: giving heaven
• स्वर्गदम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/फलम् implied)

• दुर्विनीतानाम्: of the ill-disciplined
• दुर्विनीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विनीत (प्रातिपदिक; √नी क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विनीतानाम्: of the disciplined
• विनीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनीत (प्रातिपदिक; √नी क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मोक्षदम्: giving liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/फलम् implied)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varada (boon-bestowing) tīrtha/deity (specific name not explicit in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant boon-giving presence (deity or tīrtha-personified) above a sacred riverbank shrine; pilgrims of varying conduct approach—some rough and remorseful, others serene and disciplined—receiving different luminous fruits (svarga light vs mokṣa radiance).

Characters & Entities

• Varada (boon-bestowing sacred power)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred grace (tīrtha-prabhāva) can uplift all—granting gradual reward to the untrained and final freedom to the disciplined.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A boon-bestowing sacred presence within the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha circuit (Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific rite; it emphasizes the transformative efficacy (prabhāva) of the boon-bestowing sacred locus.