Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एवं युक्तस्तु यस्तत्र पापं कृत्वा सुदारुणम् । स्नात्वा जप्त्वा विधानेन मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

evaṃ yuktastu yastatra pāpaṃ kṛtvā sudāruṇam | snātvā japtvā vidhānena mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നിയമയുക്തനായി, അവിടെ അത്യന്തം ദാരുണ പാപം ചെയ്തവനും വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ജപം ചെയ്താൽ സകല പാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകും.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• युक्तः: endowed/engaged (in this discipline)
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (यः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थ

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having committed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done/committed’

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु + दारुणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम्)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having recited (mantras)’

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

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

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (सर्वपातक = सर्वाणि पातकानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (from)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely Māhātmya narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes river snāna, then sits on the bank counting japa on a mālā; the water glows, and dark stains (symbolic pāpa) dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• japa
• vidhi (ritual rule)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripturally guided practice (vidhi)—especially bathing and mantra-japa—functions as powerful purification and moral restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā/Narmadā tīrtha described in Revā Khaṇḍa (Āvantya Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna and japa performed ‘vidhānena’ (according to the proper ritual procedure).