Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्यदेशकृतं पापमस्मिन् क्षेत्रे विनश्यति । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे कृतं पापं वज्रलेपो भविष्यति

Transliteration

anyadeśakṛtaṃ pāpamasmin kṣetre vinaśyati | asmiṃstīrthe kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepo bhaviṣyati

Translation

മറ്റുദേശങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപം ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ നശിക്കുന്നു; എന്നാൽ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ തന്നേ ചെയ്ത പാപം വജ്രലേപംപോലെ കഠിനമായി ഒട്ടിപ്പിടിച്ച്, നീക്കാൻ ദുഷ്കരവും ദീർഘഫലദായകവുമാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अन्यदेशकृतम्: done in another country/place
• अन्यदेशकृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य-देश-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्यदेशे कृतम् = अन्यदेशकृतम्)

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

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विनश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; उपसर्गः—वि

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वज्रलेपः: a ‘diamond-hard’ coating (indelible stain)
• वज्रलेपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र-लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वज्र इव/वज्रेण लेपः)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a radiant river-ford; behind him dark smoke-like sins dissolve, while near the ford a diamond-hard crust symbolizes ‘vajra-lepa’ for transgression within the sacred boundary; sages gesture warningly.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra
• Tīrtha
• Vajra (diamond/thunderbolt)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha purifies, yet it demands higher conduct; wrongdoing in a holy place carries heavier karmic weight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Amareśvara/Kāverī–Narmadā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A behavioral injunction: maintain strict purity and avoid sinful acts within the kṣetra and especially at the tīrtha.