Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

श्रुतं च तन्मया सर्वं दानधर्मफलं शुभम् । पूर्वजन्मार्जितं पापं स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः

Transliteration

śrutaṃ ca tanmayā sarvaṃ dānadharmaphalaṃ śubham | pūrvajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ snānadānavratādibhiḥ

Translation

«J’ai tout entendu : les fruits bénis du dharma de la charité. Les péchés amassés dans les existences antérieures sont détruits par les bains sacrés, le don, les vœux et autres observances.»

Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: क्रिया-सम्बद्ध (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• दानधर्मफलम्: the fruit of the duty of giving
• दानधर्मफलम्: कर्म (Apposition to ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + धर्म + फल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानधर्मस्य फलम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘दानधर्मफलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: acquired in a former birth
• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + जन्म + अर्जित (अर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससम्भवः; अर्थः—‘पूर्वजन्मनि अर्जितम्’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः: by baths, gifts, vows, etc.
• स्नानदानव्रतादिभिः: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + दान + व्रत + आदि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (स्नानं च दानं च व्रतं च) + ‘आदि’ समाहार/समुच्चयार्थ; ‘-आदिभिः’ = ‘आदि’शब्देन सह तृतीया बहुवचन

Speaker

Śabara (continued from prior verse; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrthas (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His wife

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ghāṭa performing snāna at dawn, then offering dāna to Brāhmaṇas and taking a vow; subtle imagery of ‘darkness’ (pāpa) dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Dāna
• Vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past karmic burdens can be cleansed through dharmic disciplines—especially sacred bathing, charity, and vow-observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa frame implies tīrtha-snāna in the Revā/Narmadā sacred geography, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (holy bathing), dāna (charity), and vrata (vows/observances) are stated as means of removing sins.