Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
परीवादी गुरोः पित्रोः साधूनां नृपतेस्तथा । तेऽपि श्रुत्वा च पापेभ्यो मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
Transliteration
parīvādī guroḥ pitroḥ sādhūnāṃ nṛpatestathā | te'pi śrutvā ca pāpebhyo mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
Translation
Même celui qui calomnie le guru, le père, les saints, et de même le roi : en entendant cela, eux aussi sont délivrés des péchés ; il n’y a là aucun doute.
Word by Word
परीवादीslanderer
परीवादी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपरीवादिन् (प्रातिपदिक; परि + वादिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
गुरोःof the teacher
गुरोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन
साधूनाम्of the virtuous
साधूनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
नृपतेःof the king
नृपतेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise/also’)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
पापेभ्यःfrom sins
पापेभ्यः:
Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन
मुच्यन्तेare freed
मुच्यन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
नno/not
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)
Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)FAQs
The verse magnifies the purificatory force of hearing sacred lore, while implying that slander against revered figures is a serious dharmic fault.
Narmadā/Revā is glorified implicitly as the focus of the narrative whose hearing destroys sin.
Śravaṇa of the Narmadā-carita/māhātmya as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-removal).