Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भक्त्या यः कीर्तयेन्नित्यं तस्य पापं व्यपोहति

Transliteration

bhaktyā yaḥ kīrtayennityaṃ tasya pāpaṃ vyapohati

Translation

ผู้ใดสรรเสริญและขับคีรตันนี้เป็นนิตย์ด้วยภักติ บาปของผู้นั้นย่อมถูกขจัดไป

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• कीर्तयेत्: should praise/recite
• कीर्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु, णिजन्त from कीर्त्/कीर्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive Singular; pronoun)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• व्यपोहति: removes, dispels
• व्यपोहति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + ऊह् (धातु) with वि- (व्यपोह्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Present Indicative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated near a riverbank shrine recites from a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners gather; a subtle dark haze (sins) dissipates into light as the kīrtana continues.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Kīrtana (praise/recitation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance and praise are presented as a direct purifier, dissolving sinful impressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha being celebrated in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-kīrtana—regular devotional recitation/praise of the tīrtha’s or deity’s glory.