Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदां पुण्यां संसारभयनाशिनीम्

Transliteration

svargamokṣapradāṃ puṇyāṃ saṃsārabhayanāśinīm

Translation

स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदां पुण्यां संसारभयनाशिनीं (इमां वाणीं) शृणुत।

Word by Word

• स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदाम्: granting heaven and liberation
• स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग + मोक्ष + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गं च मोक्षं च प्रददाति इति) विशेषण (गीता/कथा-प्रसङ्गे)

• पुण्याम्: meritorious/holy
• पुण्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• संसारभयनाशिनीम्: destroying the fear of saṃsāra
• संसारभयनाशिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + भय + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य भयस्य नाशिनी) विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator introducing the Nandīgītā (continuation of the address in the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa Śiva-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant textual/sonic aura emanates from the speaker as the words ‘svarga’ and ‘mokṣa’ are proclaimed; the assembly appears uplifted, fear dissolving into calm.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred praise and its attentive reception are framed as a complete path—yielding both worldly merit (svarga) and ultimate freedom (mokṣa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a benefit-statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting connected to the Narmadā sacred landscape and Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, śravaṇa/pāṭha of the Nandīgītā (the hymn being introduced) as the means to these fruits.