Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थमयं तीर्थं शूलभेदं जनेश्वर । श्रुते यस्य प्रभावे तु मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrthaṃ śūlabhedaṃ janeśvara | śrute yasya prabhāve tu mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ഹേ ജനേശ്വരാ, ശൂലഭേദം സർവതീർത്ഥമയമായ തീർത്ഥമാണ്; എല്ലാത്തീർത്ഥങ്ങളുടെയും സാരം അതിൽ അടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിന്റെ മഹിമ കേട്ടാൽ മാത്രം മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ മഹാപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും.

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थमयम्: consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + तीर्थ + मय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण तीर्थस्य

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्म (appositional object)

• शूलभेदम्: Śūlabheda
• शूलभेदम्: Karma/Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तीर्थस्य नाम (in apposition)

• जनेश्वर: O lord of people
• जनेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• श्रुते: when (it is) heard
• श्रुते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु ‘to hear’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute: when it is heard)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (whose)

• प्रभावे: in (its) power
• प्रभावे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-अङ्ग (in/with regard to the power)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Emphasis/Contrast (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: is released)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Source: from sins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादान/हेतौ (ablatival-instrumental usage: from all sins)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing a ruler/king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: janeśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: many famous tīrthas symbolically converge into Śūlabheda, shown as a radiant center marked by a trident sign; listeners gathered around a reciter, freed from dark ‘pātaka’ shadows.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and honoring sacred narratives (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a transformative practice in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha, proclaimed as ‘sarvatīrthamaya’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening to the site’s Mahatmya).