Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

बाल्यात्प्रभृति यत्पापं यौवने चापि यत्कृतम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति देवदेवस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

bālyātprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ yauvane cāpi yatkṛtam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti devadevasya darśanāt

Translation

Whatever sin was committed from childhood onward, and whatever was done in youth as well—all of it dissolves through the darśana of the God of gods.

Word by Word

• बाल्यात्: from childhood
• बाल्यात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आरम्भबिन्दौ (from childhood)

• प्रभृति: onwards
• प्रभृति: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition/adverb), ‘... onwards’ अर्थे

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (relative)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject, via apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘याति’ इत्यस्य कर्तृपदं (तत्सर्वम् इत्यनेन समन्वयः)

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अप्यर्थ/समुच्चय (also/even)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कृतम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (करणे)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यनेन निर्दिष्टं पापम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सर्वम्: all of it
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• विलयम्: dissolution
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक्रियायां कर्म (goal/state)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गतौ)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from/through the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage enumerates sins from childhood and youth dissolving at Devadeva’s darśana; the king listens with softened expression; river and shrine form the sacred backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deva (Śiva)
• darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere approach to the divine at a tīrtha can dissolve deep-rooted moral impurities accumulated across one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, Loṭaṇeśvara in the Narmadā region (Revā Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 220).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of the deity is highlighted; no additional ritual act is specified in this verse.