Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ये शृण्वन्ति परं भक्त्या मुच्यन्ते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

ye śṛṇvanti paraṃ bhaktyā mucyante sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Ceux qui écoutent ceci avec une dévotion suprême sont délivrés de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• शृण्वन्ति: hear
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme (teaching)
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (object-qualifier)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भाव: ‘are released’

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (all + sins); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (freed from)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the discourse (Vyāsa’s concluding phalaśruti) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa māhātmya (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher recites the Revā tīrtha-māhātmya to attentive listeners seated in a semi-circle; a manuscript/palm-leaf text is visible; the atmosphere is reverent and quiet.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Phalaśruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) itself is a purifying act that carries transformative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā/Narmadā sacred tradition whose rites and greatness are being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite but a phalaśruti: hearing the teaching with devotion brings release from sins.