Shloka 30 - Adhyaya 167 - Reva Khanda - Avanti Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या पठेद्वा नृपसत्तम । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā paṭhedvā nṛpasattama | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่มหากษัตริย์ผู้ประเสริฐ ผู้ใดฟังด้วยศรัทธาภักติ หรือสวดอ่านก็ตาม ย่อมเป็นผู้มีจิตบริสุทธิ์จากบาปทั้งปวง—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

यःwhoever

इदम्this (text)

शृणुयात्should listen (to)

भक्त्याwith devotion

पठेत्should recite/read

वाor

नृपसत्तमO best of kings

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्माone whose self is purified of all sins

जायतेbecomes/is born as

नnot

अत्रhere/in this matter

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (phala-śruti continuation; addressee: a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (textual section)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addressing a king in a forest-hermitage setting, emphasizing listening and recitation; the atmosphere is didactic and devotional.

Characters & Entities

Nṛpasattama

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening and recitation of sacred narrative is itself a purifier and a complete dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse serves as a general phala-śruti for the preceding Revā Khaṇḍa teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) performed with bhakti.