Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अन्यद्वै जप्यसंस्थानं सूक्तमारण्यकं तथा । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

anyadvai japyasaṃsthānaṃ sūktamāraṇyakaṃ tathā | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

അതുപോലെ, മറ്റു നിശ്ചിത ജപപാഠങ്ങൾ—വേദസൂക്തങ്ങളും ആരണ്യകഭാഗങ്ങളും—ജപിച്ചാലും സർവ്വപാപമോചനം നേടി വിഷ്ണുലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (also)
• अन्यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (here: ‘another/other’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• जप्यसंस्थानम्: the method/arrangement of japa
• जप्यसंस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप्य + संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जप्यस्य संस्थानम् = arrangement/mode of recitation)

• सूक्तम्: a hymn
• सूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आरण्यकम्: an Āraṇyaka text
• आरण्यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरण्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb/conjunctive)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः

• विष्णुलोकम्: to Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

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

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of Vedic reciters on the Narmadā bank chant sūktas with hand-gestures marking svara; palm-leaf manuscripts and a simple fire-altar nearby; a faint Vaikuntha vision above the river mist.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sūkta
• Āraṇyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors time-tested Vedic recitations as potent purifiers leading to higher spiritual realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā’s sacred sphere is the implied setting for these meritorious practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of recognized Vedic hymns (sūktas) and Āraṇyaka passages.