Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त्रिजन्मजनितं पापं वरदस्य प्रभावतः । स्वर्गदं दुर्विनीतानां विनीतानां च मोक्षदम्

Transliteration

trijanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ varadasya prabhāvataḥ | svargadaṃ durvinītānāṃ vinītānāṃ ca mokṣadam

Translation

വരദ (തീർത്ഥം/ദേവത)യുടെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ മൂന്ന് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സഞ്ചിതമായ പാപം ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു. ഇത് ദുർവിനീതർക്കു സ്വർഗവും വിനീതർക്കു മോക്ഷവും നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: produced from three births
• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम्)

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

• वरदस्य: of the boon-giver (Varada)
• वरदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभावतः: due to (his) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (because of)

• स्वर्गदम्: giving heaven
• स्वर्गदम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/फलम् implied)

• दुर्विनीतानाम्: of the ill-disciplined
• दुर्विनीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विनीत (प्रातिपदिक; √नी क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विनीतानाम्: of the disciplined
• विनीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनीत (प्रातिपदिक; √नी क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मोक्षदम्: giving liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/फलम् implied)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varada (boon-bestowing) tīrtha/deity (specific name not explicit in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant boon-giving presence (deity or tīrtha-personified) above a sacred riverbank shrine; pilgrims of varying conduct approach—some rough and remorseful, others serene and disciplined—receiving different luminous fruits (svarga light vs mokṣa radiance).

Characters & Entities

• Varada (boon-bestowing sacred power)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred grace (tīrtha-prabhāva) can uplift all—granting gradual reward to the untrained and final freedom to the disciplined.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A boon-bestowing sacred presence within the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha circuit (Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific rite; it emphasizes the transformative efficacy (prabhāva) of the boon-bestowing sacred locus.