Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
आख्यानं सकलं श्रुत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
Transliteration
ākhyānaṃ sakalaṃ śrutvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Translation
En écoutant entièrement ce récit sacré, on est délivré de tous les péchés.
Word by Word
आख्यानम्narrative/account
आख्यानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
सकलम्entire/complete
सकलम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आख्यानम्)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having heard'
सर्वपापैःfrom all sins
सर्वपापैः:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)
प्रमुच्यतेis freed/released
प्रमुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + मुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)
Speaker
Narratorial voice (phalaśruti-style concluding statement)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Mahīnagaraka māhātmya (phala-śruti)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A circle of listeners sits around a reciter reading from palm-leaf manuscripts; lamps flicker; the atmosphere is quiet and purifying, suggesting sins dissolving through sound.
Characters & Entities
Ā
Ākhyāna (māhātmya narrative)P
Pāpa (sin)FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice, granting release from sins.
The verse functions as a general phalaśruti for the preceding Nīlakaṇṭha/Mahīnagaraka māhātmya.
Listening to the complete account (ākhyāna-śravaṇa).