Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

दीक्षामन्त्रविहीनोऽपि मुच्यते चाब्दिकादघात् । ये पुनर्विधिवत्स्नान्ति मन्त्रैः पञ्चभिरेव च

Transliteration

dīkṣāmantravihīno'pi mucyate cābdikādaghāt | ye punarvidhivatsnānti mantraiḥ pañcabhireva ca

Translation

ଦୀକ୍ଷା ଓ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ନଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ ଏକ ବର୍ଷର ସଞ୍ଚିତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତି ମିଳେ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଯେମାନେ ବିଧିମତେ ଠିକ୍ ପାଞ୍ଚଟି ମନ୍ତ୍ର ସହିତ ପୁନଃ ସ୍ନାନ କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ବିଶେଷ ଫଳ ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• dīkṣā-mantra-vihīnaḥ: devoid of the initiation-mantra
• dīkṣā-mantra-vihīnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīkṣā + mantra + vihīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दीक्षामन्त्रेण विहीनः)

• api: even
• api: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; even/also)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ābdikāt: from annual/periodic
• ābdikāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ābdika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (अघात् इत्यस्य)

• aghāt: from sin
• aghāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (पाठानुसारं: अघात् = अघात्/अघात् ‘from sin’; ablative)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• punar: again / further
• punar: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; again/further)

• vidhivat: according to prescribed rule
• vidhivat: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; according to rule)

• snānti: bathe
• snānti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• mantraiḥ: with mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• pañcabhiḥ: with five
• pañcabhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (mantraiḥ इत्यस्य)

• eva: only
• eva: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; only/just)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Deductively: Purāṇic narrator

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣā
• Mantra
• Snāna
• Pañca-mantra (five mantras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is accessible even to the uninitiated, while disciplined, rule-based practice with mantra yields heightened religious efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion, praised for granting release from yearly sin even without formal initiation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat-snānā (properly prescribed bathing) employing five mantras (pañca-mantra).