Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

रुद्राध्यायं सकृज्जप्त्वा विप्रो वेदसमन्वितः । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

rudrādhyāyaṃ sakṛjjaptvā vipro vedasamanvitaḥ | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

พราหมณ์ผู้ประกอบด้วยความรู้พระเวท เมื่อสวดภาครุทราธยายะเพียงครั้งเดียว ย่อมพ้นบาปทั้งปวง และไปถึงโลกของพระวิษณุ

Word by Word

• रुद्राध्यायम्: the Rudra-chapter (Rudrādhyāya)
• रुद्राध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य अध्यायः)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• विप्रः: a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वेदसमन्वितः: endowed with the Vedas
• वेदसमन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (वेदैः समन्वितः = endowed with the Vedas)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• विष्णुलोकम्: to Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Veda-versed brāhmaṇa seated on the Narmadā bank recites Rudrādhyāya with a rudrākṣa mālā; the river glows, and a subtle vision of Viṣṇuloka appears in the sky as a promise of gati.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Viṣṇu
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single sincere recitation of a powerful sacred hymn, when supported by dharmic grounding, is said to destroy sin and grant exalted spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears within the Revākhaṇḍa’s praise of practices associated with Revā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reciting the Rudrādhyāya (Rudra-hymn/chapter) even once.