Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा तव मुखोद्गीतां कथां पापप्रणाशनीम् । भूयो भूयः स्मृतिर्जाता श्रवणे मम सुव्रत

Transliteration

śrutvā tava mukhodgītāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm | bhūyo bhūyaḥ smṛtirjātā śravaṇe mama suvrata

Translation

เมื่อได้ฟังเรื่องราวที่ท่านขับขานออกจากโอษฐ์ของท่านเอง อันเป็นผู้ทำลายบาป โอ้ผู้มีปณิธานอันงาม ความระลึกของข้าก็บังเกิดขึ้นซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าเมื่อได้สดับฟัง

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुखोद्गीताम्: sung/uttered from (your) mouth
• मुखोद्गीताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुखोद्गीत (प्रातिपदिक; मुख + उद्गीत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथाम्: story, discourse
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापप्रणाशनीम्: destroying sins
• पापप्रणाशनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापप्रणाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + प्रणाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• स्मृतिः: memory, recollection
• स्मृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• जाता: arose
• जाता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियापदवत् (periphrastic predicate: 'has arisen')

• श्रवणे: in hearing, upon hearing
• श्रवणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (listener addressing the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kathā / Revā-mahātmya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija/ṛṣi (addressed as suvrata)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira listens intently; the sage’s narration appears as musical speech; around them, subtle visual motifs of sins dissolving (dark wisps fading) and memory awakening (light at the forehead/heart).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to sin-destroying sacred narration repeatedly awakens right memory and strengthens dharmic awareness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the broader Revā Khaṇḍa setting is associated with the Narmadā/Revā sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (attentive listening) is highlighted as a meritorious devotional practice.