Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ये शृण्वन्ति परं भक्त्या मुच्यन्ते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

ye śṛṇvanti paraṃ bhaktyā mucyante sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดสดับฟังถ้อยคำนี้ด้วยภักติอันยิ่ง ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• शृण्वन्ति: hear
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme (teaching)
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (object-qualifier)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भाव: ‘are released’

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (all + sins); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (freed from)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the discourse (Vyāsa’s concluding phalaśruti) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa māhātmya (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher recites the Revā tīrtha-māhātmya to attentive listeners seated in a semi-circle; a manuscript/palm-leaf text is visible; the atmosphere is reverent and quiet.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Phalaśruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) itself is a purifying act that carries transformative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā/Narmadā sacred tradition whose rites and greatness are being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite but a phalaśruti: hearing the teaching with devotion brings release from sins.