Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यच्छ्रुत्वा हि महाभाग सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

yacchrutvā hi mahābhāga sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

हे महाभाग! इसे सुनकर मनुष्य निश्चय ही समस्त पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (यत् = which/that)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-सूचक (particle: indeed/for)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘all sins’); तृतीया here in sense of separation (ablatival-instrumental usage)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitāmaha (elder/teacher)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene teaching moment: the speaker’s words appear as luminous script or waves washing away dark stains symbolizing sins from the listener’s heart.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpa (sin)
• Śravaṇa (hearing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to sacred narratives is a purifier that burns sin and strengthens dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it gives a general fruit of hearing the forthcoming account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is śravaṇa—listening attentively to the purāṇic narration.