Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो राजन्प्राणत्यागं करिष्यति

Transliteration

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanprāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyati

Translation

On est délivré de tous les péchés : ici, point de doute à nourrir. Et en ce tīrtha, ô roi, quiconque y abandonne le souffle (meurt)…

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• कार्या: to be done, necessary
• कार्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective) of ‘विचारणा’

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place) ‘there’

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राणत्यागम्: giving up of life
• प्राणत्यागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-त्याग (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण + त्याग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (explicit in next adhyāya; consistent contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn yet wondrous proclamation: the tīrtha absolves all sins; a devotee at the riverbank nearing death, surrounded by priests chanting, with Śiva’s presence implied.

Characters & Entities

• King (Rājan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā and sincere observance are presented as powerful means of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin), affirmed as certain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative is being praised, though its name is not stated within this verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes the fruit of proper tīrtha observance and states the extraordinary merit associated with dying at that tīrtha.