Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

सर्वपापहरं तीर्थं हनूमन्तेश्वरं नृप । शृण्वन्विमुच्यते पापाद्वर्णसंकरसंभवात्

Transliteration

sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ hanūmanteśvaraṃ nṛpa | śṛṇvanvimucyate pāpādvarṇasaṃkarasaṃbhavāt

Translation

ഹേ നൃപ! ഹനൂമന്തേശ്വരം സർവ്വപാപഹരമായ തീർത്ഥമാണ്. അതിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം കേൾക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടും പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു—വർണ്ണസങ്കരത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടായ മലിനതയിൽ നിന്നുപോലും.

Word by Word

• sarva-pāpa-haram: removing all sins
• sarva-pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tīrtham: holy place, ford
• tīrtham: Karma (Object; understood ‘(it is)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• hanūmat-īśvaram: Hanūmanteśvara
• hanūmat-īśvaram: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to tīrtham)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanūmat (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śṛṇvan: hearing (it)
• śṛṇvan: Karta (Agent; ‘one who hears’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru (धातु) → śṛṇvat (कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्यय present participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle)

• vimucyate: is freed
• vimucyate: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु) (ātmanepada)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Middle), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: “is released”)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apādāna (Source/separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• varṇa-saṃkara-saṃbhavāt: arising from intermixture of castes
• varṇa-saṃkara-saṃbhavāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, addressing the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage narrates the glory of Hanūmanteśvara; behind them, the sacred ford/temple by the river radiates purity; dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light as an allegory.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmanteśvara
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is transformative: even listening with faith can dissolve deep-seated karmic impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the glory of the tīrtha—is itself presented as a purifying practice.