Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कौमारे यौवने पापं वार्द्धके यच्च संचितम् । तत्प्रणश्यति सांवौरे स्नानमात्रान्न संशयः

Transliteration

kaumāre yauvane pāpaṃ vārddhake yacca saṃcitam | tatpraṇaśyati sāṃvaure snānamātrānna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Tout péché amassé dans l’enfance, la jeunesse et la vieillesse est détruit à Sāṃvaura par le seul bain; sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• कौमारे: in childhood
• कौमारे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular (stage: childhood)

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular (youth)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular

• वार्द्धके: in old age
• वार्द्धके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्द्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular (old age)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• संचितम्: accumulated
• संचितम्: Visheshana (Participial qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle; ‘accumulated’ (qualifies पापम्)

• तत्: that (sin)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; ‘पापम्’ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति (anaphoric)

• प्रणश्यति: is destroyed, perishes
• प्रणश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person singular

• सांवौरे: at Sāṃvaura
• सांवौरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांवौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular (place-name)

• स्नानमात्रात्: from mere bathing alone
• स्नानमात्रात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular; तत्पुरुष (स्नानस्य मात्रम्)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratipādya (Predicate nominal/प्रातिपाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate context of Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee immerses in the river at Sāṃvaura; above, faint shadow-forms labeled childhood/youth/old-age sins dissolve into light; the water glows as a purifier.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃvaura
• Sāṃvaureśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tīrtha-snānā (holy bathing) at a praised sacred site is presented as a powerful purifier of accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāṃvaura, associated with the worship of Sāṃvaureśvara in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Sāṃvaura—explicitly said to be effective even by 'bathing alone'.