Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भक्त्या यः कीर्तयेन्नित्यं तस्य पापं व्यपोहति

Transliteration

bhaktyā yaḥ kīrtayennityaṃ tasya pāpaṃ vyapohati

Translation

Celui qui, avec dévotion, célèbre et chante chaque jour, voit son péché s’éloigner et se dissiper.

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• कीर्तयेत्: should praise/recite
• कीर्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु, णिजन्त from कीर्त्/कीर्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive Singular; pronoun)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• व्यपोहति: removes, dispels
• व्यपोहति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + ऊह् (धातु) with वि- (व्यपोह्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated near a riverbank shrine recites from a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners gather; a subtle dark haze (sins) dissipates into light as the kīrtana continues.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Kīrtana (praise/recitation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance and praise are presented as a direct purifier, dissolving sinful impressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha being celebrated in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-kīrtana—regular devotional recitation/praise of the tīrtha’s or deity’s glory.