Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स्पर्शनाद्दर्शनात्तेषां कीर्तनाच्छ्रवणात्तथा । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

sparśanāddarśanātteṣāṃ kīrtanācchravaṇāttathā | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

En les touchant, en les contemplant, et de même en chantant leur louange et en écoutant (leur gloire), on est délivré de tous les péchés et l’on gagne le monde de Rudra.

Word by Word

• स्पर्शनात्: from/by touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from/by seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कीर्तनात्: from/by praising/reciting
• कीर्तनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• श्रवणात्: from/by hearing
• श्रवणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): likewise/and so

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apādāna (Separation/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘सर्वाणि पापानि’

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘रुद्रस्य लोकः’

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrthas (collective)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river-ghāṭ: some bathing and touching the water, some taking darśana of a shrine, others singing and listening to a reciter; above, a luminous Rudraloka vision with Śiva’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is multi-channel: contact, vision, praise, and listening all purify and elevate the devotee toward Rudra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrthas on the banks of the Narmadā previously described in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśana (touch), darśana (seeing), kīrtana (praise/recitation), and śravaṇa (hearing) connected to the tīrthas.