Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे पुनर्वृत्तमितिहासं ब्रवीमि ते । सर्वपापहरं दिव्यमेकाग्रस्त्वं शृणुष्व तत्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe punarvṛttamitihāsaṃ bravīmi te | sarvapāpaharaṃ divyamekāgrastvaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat

Translation

Au sujet de ce tīrtha, je te dirai un ancien récit qui s’y produisit de nouveau. Il est divin et enlève tous les péchés : écoute-le d’un esprit recueilli.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक (again)

• वृत्तम्: occurred, happened
• वृत्तम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; इतिहासम् इति विशेषणम्—‘occurred’

• इतिहासम्: story, legend
• इतिहासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• ब्रवीमि: I tell
• ब्रवीमि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन-रूपम्; अत्र चतुर्थी (Dative) ‘to you’

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; इतिहासम् इति विशेषणम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; इतिहासम् इति विशेषणम्

• एकाग्रत्वम्: one-pointed attention, concentration
• एकाग्रत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + अग्र + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; आज्ञार्थे—‘make (your) concentration’

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्: that (story)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; शृणुष्व इति कर्म

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārabhūti

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage addressing an attentive listener at the riverbank; the tīrtha visible behind them; a subtle divine glow around the spoken words, suggesting ‘divyam’ and ‘sarvapāpaharam’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārabhūti Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself purifying and is presented as a means to remove sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha just named Bhārabhūti is the setting for the narrated itihāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional discipline is implied: ekāgratā (focused attention) while listening to the sacred account.