Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यस्त्र्यक्षरं जपेन्मन्त्रं ध्यायमानो दिवाकरम् । आदित्यहृदयं जप्त्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

yastryakṣaraṃ japenmantraṃ dhyāyamāno divākaram | ādityahṛdayaṃ japtvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Sesiapa yang, sambil bermeditasi kepada Sang Divākara, melafazkan mantra tiga suku kata, dan juga menjapa Āditya-hṛdaya—dia dibebaskan daripada segala dosa.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रि: three
• त्रि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; ‘अक्षरम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य पूर्वपद-विशेषण (numeral: three)

• अक्षरम्: syllable
• अक्षरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ध्यायमानः: meditating
• ध्यायमानः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle, Ātmanepada sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदित्यहृदयम्: Ādityahṛdaya (hymn)
• आदित्यहृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + हृदय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having recited’

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense via instrumental in passive/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि = ‘all sins’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogic pilgrim sits on a riverbank in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, meditating on a radiant sun-disc; a rosary in hand; the words of Āditya-hṛdaya appear as a luminous garland; dark ‘pāpa’ shadows dissolve into the river light.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara
• Ādityahṛdaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra, meditation, and tīrtha-power together purify: devotion to Sūrya is portrayed as a direct means for pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha, where Sūrya-japa is said to be especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditate on Divākara, recite a three-syllabled mantra, and recite Āditya-hṛdaya.