Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अन्यद्वै जप्यसंस्थानं सूक्तमारण्यकं तथा । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

anyadvai japyasaṃsthānaṃ sūktamāraṇyakaṃ tathā | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

De même, en récitant d’autres textes établis pour le japa—des sūktas védiques et aussi des passages des Āraṇyakas—on est délivré de tous les péchés et l’on va au monde de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (also)
• अन्यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (here: ‘another/other’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• जप्यसंस्थानम्: the method/arrangement of japa
• जप्यसंस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप्य + संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जप्यस्य संस्थानम् = arrangement/mode of recitation)

• सूक्तम्: a hymn
• सूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आरण्यकम्: an Āraṇyaka text
• आरण्यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरण्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb/conjunctive)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः

• विष्णुलोकम्: to Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of Vedic reciters on the Narmadā bank chant sūktas with hand-gestures marking svara; palm-leaf manuscripts and a simple fire-altar nearby; a faint Vaikuntha vision above the river mist.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sūkta
• Āraṇyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors time-tested Vedic recitations as potent purifiers leading to higher spiritual realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā’s sacred sphere is the implied setting for these meritorious practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of recognized Vedic hymns (sūktas) and Āraṇyaka passages.