Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं सर्वदुःखघ्नमुत्तमम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

It is blessed, fame-bestowing, life-enhancing, and supreme—destroyer of all sorrow. Hearing it, one is freed from all sins; of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

• धन्यम्: blessed/fortunate
• धन्यम्: Visheshya-bhava (Predicative adjective/विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र नपुंसक-एकवचनं स्तुत्यर्थं)

• यशस्यम्: fame-giving
• यशस्यम्: Visheshya-bhava (Predicative adjective/विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आयुष्यम्: life-promoting
• आयुष्यम्: Visheshya-bhava (Predicative adjective/विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वदुःखघ्नम्: destroyer of all sorrow
• सर्वदुःखघ्नम्: Visheshya-bhava (Predicative adjective/विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वेषां दुःखानां घ्नः’

• उत्तमम्: supreme/excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshya-bhava (Predicative adjective/विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative) — ‘यत् (कथनम्/माहात्म्यम्)’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वाणि पापानि’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha māhātmya (heard narrative)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the king/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered audience listens to a reciter narrating the tīrtha’s glory; a subtle aura surrounds the listeners, symbolizing removal of sorrow and sin; the river and shrine appear as backdrop motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇya-śravaṇa (hearing sacred account)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a māhātmya is itself a transformative dharma-act, credited with removing sin and sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha narrative of Revā Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 39; the verse is a general phala-śruti for the account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account with faith.