Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ईदृग्रूपाश्च ये विप्राः पाशुपत्ये व्यवस्थिताः । ते महत्पापसंघातं दहन्त्येव न संशयः

Transliteration

īdṛgrūpāśca ye viprāḥ pāśupatye vyavasthitāḥ | te mahatpāpasaṃghātaṃ dahantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

இத்தகைய இயல்புடைய விப்ரர்கள் பாசுபத மார்க்கத்தில் உறுதியாக நிலைத்திருந்தால், அவர்கள் பெரும் பாவக்கூட்டத்தை எரித்தழிப்பர்—சந்தேகமில்லை.

Word by Word

• īdṛk-rūpāḥ: of such a kind/form
• īdṛk-rūpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛś/īdṛk (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (such-formed)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: ‘and’)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• viprāḥ: Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• pāśupatye: in the Pāśupata (observance/doctrine)
• pāśupatye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśupatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vyavasthitāḥ: steadfast, established
• vyavasthitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP: व्यवस्थित), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘being established/steadfast’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• mahat-pāpa-saṃghātam: a great mass/heap of sins
• mahat-pāpa-saṃghātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dahanti: burn up, destroy
• dahanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle: ‘indeed/only’)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वाक्यांशः ‘न संशयः’ = नास्ति संशयः (elliptic)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general) with Pāśupata association

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of disciplined Pāśupata brāhmaṇas performing Śiva-pūjā near the river: ash markings, rudrākṣa, calm faces; a visual metaphor of sins burning away as dark smoke dissolving into light around a liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Pāśupata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast commitment to a Śaiva discipline (Pāśupata) is praised as powerfully purificatory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the promise of purification is taught within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Remaining ‘vyavasthita’ (firmly established) in Pāśupata observance—i.e., consistent vow-based practice.