Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ते मां प्राप्य विमुच्यन्ते पापसङ्घैः सुसंचितैः । तत्पापक्षारतप्ताया न शर्म मम विद्यते

Transliteration

te māṃ prāpya vimucyante pāpasaṅghaiḥ susaṃcitaiḥ | tatpāpakṣārataptāyā na śarma mama vidyate

Translation

Al llegar a mí, quedan liberados de montones de pecados, bien y largamente acumulados. Sin embargo, abrasado por la cáustica carga de esos pecados, yo no hallo sosiego.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached/attained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• विमुच्यन्ते: are released/freed
• विमुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पापसङ्घैः: from heaps of sins
• पापसङ्घैः: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + सङ्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापानां सङ्घः)

• सुसंचितैः: well accumulated
• सुसंचितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+चि धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; उपसर्गयुक्त

• तत्: that
• तत्: Qualifier/निर्देशक
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘तत्पाप…’ इत्यत्र समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• पापक्षारतप्तायाः: of her who is scorched by the caustic of that sin
• पापक्षारतप्तायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + क्षार + तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तप् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (पाप-क्षारेण तप्ता)

• न: not
• न: Negation/निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• शर्म: comfort/peace
• शर्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मम: for me/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; विद्=सत्तायाम्/ज्ञाने)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), strongly indicated (first-person ‘mām… mama’ continuing until Viṣṇu’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Revā-kṣetra (as addressed in first person)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred presence at the riverbank receiving a stream of sinners; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ rises and dissolves into the light, while the deity’s face shows compassionate strain—no ‘peace’ due to bearing their burden.

Characters & Entities

• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas liberate beings from deep karmic impurity, and the text portrays the sacred river as compassionately bearing the weight of others’ sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred river-tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā in this section; Jāhnavī/Gaṅgā is the speaking divine river-persona in the dialogue).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is ‘approaching’ (prāpya) the sacred river—pilgrimage, bathing, and taking refuge—though the verse itself does not detail the rite.