Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एवं कुर्वन्नरो विद्वान्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अत्र स्नात्वा नरो दत्त्वा यथाशक्त्या दिवं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ kurvannaro vidvānsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | atra snātvā naro dattvā yathāśaktyā divaṃ vrajet

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ആചരിക്കുന്ന ജ്ഞാനി സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു. ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, യഥാശക്തി ദാനം നൽകി, അവൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• कुर्वन्: doing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुर्वत् (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विद्वान्: a learned (man)
• विद्वान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त; √विद् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त-स्वरूप (विद्वस्-प्रातिपदिक; learned), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (instrumental used with passive: from)

• प्रमुच्यते: is released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (is freed)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्नात्वा (अव्यय; √स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given (donated)
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दत्त्वा (अव्यय; √दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• यथाशक्त्या: according to (one's) ability
• यथाशक्त्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण (according to ability)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गन्तव्य (goal)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at an Ayodhyā waterbody performs ritual bathing, then offers charity to brāhmaṇas and the needy; the atmosphere suggests cleansing and ascent to heavenly realms.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification comes from disciplined sacred practice joined with generosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā tīrtha described in Adhyāya 7 of the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha and giving dāna according to one’s means.