Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

Translation

ഈ വിവരണം പുണ്യപ്രദം, പാപഹരം, ധന്യം, ദുഷ്സ്വപ്നനാശകം. ഇത് പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്കും ശ്രവിക്കുന്നവർക്കും സർവപാപക്ഷയം സംഭവിക്കും।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (this)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (meritorious/holy)

• पापहरम्: sin-destroying
• पापहरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य हरः) विशेषण

• धन्यम्: blessed
• धन्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (blessed/fortunate)

• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: destroyer of bad dreams
• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःस्वप्न + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दुःस्वप्नानां नाशनम्) विशेषण

• पठताम्: of those who recite
• पठताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पठ् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle) ‘पठत्’; षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘of those who recite’

• शृण्वताम्: of those who listen
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘शृण्वत्’; षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘of those who listen’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• सर्वपापक्षयः: destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां क्षयः)

• भवेत्: may occur / would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippalāda-tīrtha māhātmya (textual unit)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter reads the tīrtha-māhātmya to an attentive audience; night setting suggested with peaceful sleep free of bad dreams; protective sacred aura around listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Puṇya
• Pāpa
• Phalaśruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves purifying acts that destroy sin and strengthen auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The just-narrated Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha account (Pippalāda tīrtha māhātmya) is praised as intrinsically purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (paṭha) and attentive listening (śravaṇa) of the māhātmya as a dharmic practice yielding pāpa-kṣaya.