Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रकृतात्पापात्स शृण्वन्नपि मुच्यते

Transliteration

ahorātrakṛtātpāpātsa śṛṇvannapi mucyate

Translation

Bahkan hanya dengan mendengarkannya, ia pun terbebas dari dosa yang dilakukan sepanjang siang dan malam.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रकृतात्: from (sin) committed day and night
• अहोरात्रकृतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहोरात्र-कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; ‘पापात्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (done in a day and night)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• शृण्वन्: listening
• शृण्वन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) शतृ (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (even/also)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Arbuda-khaṇḍa of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly listens to a reciter reading the Agnitīrtha-māhātmya; the day-night wheel (sun and moon) appears symbolically above, while a gentle flame-reflection shimmers on sacred water.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to sacred Purāṇic teaching itself becomes a purifier that dissolves everyday sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a general śravaṇa-phala statement within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa / Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting, tied to tīrtha-māhātmya discourse rather than naming a single site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is hearing (śravaṇa) as a spiritual practice.