Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

निधानं सर्वविद्यानां सर्वपापवनानलः । नारायणोऽतो भगवान् सर्वपापं व्यपोहतु

Transliteration

nidhānaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ sarvapāpavanānalaḥ | nārāyaṇo'to bhagavān sarvapāpaṃ vyapohatu

Translation

नारायण भगवान सर्वविद्यांचे निधान आणि सर्व पापरूपी वन जाळणारा दावानल आहे; म्हणून तो सर्व पापे दूर करो।

Word by Word

• निधानम्: treasury/source
• निधानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular

• सर्वविद्यानाम्: of all sciences/knowledges
• सर्वविद्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + विद्या (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन = Feminine, Genitive plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वासां विद्यानाम् = of all knowledges)

• सर्वपापवनानलः: fire to the forest of all sins
• सर्वपापवनानलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + वन + अनल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वपापवनस्य अनलः = fire to the forest of all sins)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे) = indeclinable ‘therefore/from this’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• सर्वपापम्: all sin
• सर्वपापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular; कर्मधारयः (सर्वं पापम् = all sin)

• व्यपोहतु: may (he) remove
• व्यपोहतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अप + ऊह्/अपोह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे/आशीः) = Imperative/benedictive; प्रथमा-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन = 3rd singular; धातु: अपोह् (to remove), उपसर्ग: वि

Speaker

Devotees/petitioners (contextual prayer within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Badarikāśrama / Nārāyaṇa-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A climactic praise: Nārāyaṇa envisioned as a blazing, benevolent fire that consumes the dark forest of sins, while also appearing as a luminous repository of scriptures and wisdom; supplicants seek total cleansing.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine remembrance joined with right understanding purifies; the Lord is both wisdom’s source and sin’s destroyer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general praise within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage-theology, not naming a particular ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it implies japa/praise of Nārāyaṇa for pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).