Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

यथेदमुक्तं तव धर्मसूनो श्रुतं च यच्छङ्कराच्चन्द्रमौलेः । श्रुत्वेदमिच्छन्मुच्यते सर्वपापैः पठन्पदं याति हि वृत्रशत्रोः

Transliteration

yathedamuktaṃ tava dharmasūno śrutaṃ ca yacchaṅkarāccandramauleḥ | śrutvedamicchanmucyate sarvapāpaiḥ paṭhanpadaṃ yāti hi vṛtraśatroḥ

Translation

Wahai putera Dharma, sebagaimana kata-kata ini telah diucapkan kepadamu dan sebagaimana ia didengar daripada Śaṅkara, Tuhan yang bermahkota bulan, demikianlah sesiapa yang mendengarnya dengan bhakti akan terlepas daripada segala dosa; dan sesiapa yang melagukannya dalam bacaan suci akan mencapai kedudukan/alam Indra, pembunuh Vṛtra.

Word by Word

• yathā: as, just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), सम्बन्धबोधक/उपमानार्थक (comparative/according as)

• idam: this (thing)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• uktam: said, spoken
• uktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘said/uttered’

• tava: of you, your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• dharma-sūno: O son of Dharma
• dharma-sūno: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (धर्म प्रातिपदिक) + sūnu (सूनु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dharma-sūnu = धर्मस्य सूनुः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘heard’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• śaṅkarāt: from Śaṅkara
• śaṅkarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (शङ्कर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• candramauleḥ: of the moon-crested (Śiva)
• candramauleḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (चन्द्र प्रातिपदिक) + mauli (मौलि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (candra-mauli = चन्द्रः मौलौ यस्य/चन्द्रमौलिः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• icchan: desiring
• icchan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (इष् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘desiring’

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is released’

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (पाप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय (sarva-pāpa = सर्वाणि पापानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• paṭhan: reciting
• paṭhan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘reading/reciting’

• padam: state, abode, position
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (पद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चय/हेतुबोधक (indeed/for)

• vṛtra-śatroḥ: of Vṛtra’s slayer (Indra)
• vṛtra-śatroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtra (वृत्र प्रातिपदिक) + śatru (शत्रु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vṛtrasya śatruḥ = Indra); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma-sūnu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage transmits a sacred account ‘as heard from Moon-crested Śiva’; listeners sit in reverent attention; above, Indra’s celestial city is hinted as the fruit of recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma-sūnu (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Śaṅkara
• Candramaule (Śiva)
• Vṛtraśatru (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of sacred tīrtha-teachings are themselves purifying acts that destroy sin and grant exalted attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate passage functions as a phalaśruti for the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography and observances around the Revā (Narmadā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the account with intent and reciting it (pāṭha) are prescribed as merit-generating practices.