Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सोऽपि पापैरशेषैस्तु मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । गुग्गुलं दहते यस्तु द्विधा चित्तविवर्जितः

Transliteration

so'pi pāpairaśeṣaistu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | guggulaṃ dahate yastu dvidhā cittavivarjitaḥ

Translation

അവനും എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല. കൂടാതെ ചിത്തദ്വന്ദ്വമില്ലാതെ ഗുഗ്ഗുലു ദഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ,

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: ‘also/even’)

• पापैः: by sins
• पापैः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (or पुंलिङ्ग usage); तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental in passive (‘from/by sins’)

• अशेषैः: all, entire
• अशेषैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘पापैः’ (without remainder: all)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘is released’

• न: no/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गुग्गुलम्: guggulu (resin)
• गुग्गुलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुग्गुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दहते: burns
• दहते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्तरि: ‘burns’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘who’ (subject of ‘दहते’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• द्विधा: in two ways, doubly
• द्विधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘in two ways/doubly’)

• चित्तविवर्जितः: free from mental distraction
• चित्तविवर्जितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त) [वि+वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) → विवर्जित]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (चित्तेन विवर्जितः = devoid of mind/mental distraction)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic/devotee offers guggulu resin into a small fire; fragrant smoke rises in spirals toward a shrine, while the devotee’s face shows unwavering concentration.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpa
• Guggulu
• Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded devotion and sincere offering purify the practitioner and remove accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha praised in Revā Khaṇḍa, Avantīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Burning/offerings of guggulu (as incense) with an undistracted mind as part of tīrtha-based worship and austerity.