Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं पुराणं रुद्रभाषितम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

रुद्रांनी कथिलेले हे पवित्र पुराण सर्व पापांचे हरण करणारे आहे. जो मनुष्य भक्तीने ते ऐकतो, त्याचे पुण्यफळ आता ऐक.

Word by Word

• sarva-pāpa-haram: removing all sins
• sarva-pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of purāṇam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: ‘सर्वेषां पापानां हरम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• puṇyam: holy, meritorious
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• purāṇam: Purana (sacred text)
• purāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• rudra-bhāṣitam: spoken by Rudra
• rudra-bhāṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/कर्तृ: ‘रुद्रेण भाषितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• śṛṇoti: he hears
• śṛṇoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instrumental of manner)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• puṇya-phalam: the fruit of merit
• puṇya-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘पुण्यस्य फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• śṛṇu: hear (listen)
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (as a textual tīrtha) / Rudra-bhāṣita Purāṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and the assembled sages/kinsmen (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred manuscript or oral recitation scene where Rudra’s words are invoked; listeners sit with devotion as a luminous aura suggests sin-destruction through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to Śiva-sanctioned Purāṇic teaching is itself a purifier and a source of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is being framed as a sin-destroying revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the Purāṇa with bhakti—is presented as the key practice.