Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

सर्वरोगोपशमनं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णममावास्यां तु भावितः

Transliteration

sarvarogopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamamāvāsyāṃ tu bhāvitaḥ

Translation

یہ ہر بیماری کو فرو کرنے والا اور ہر پاپ کو مٹانے والا ہے—جو شخص پورے ایک برس تک اماوسیا کے ورت میں بھاؤ سے منہمک رہے۔

Word by Word

• सर्वरोगोपशमनम्: the pacification of all diseases
• सर्वरोगोपशमनम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or nominal predicate/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + रोग + उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां रोगाणाम् उपशमनम्)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma/Predicate (Object or nominal predicate/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

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

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal measure/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)

• पूर्णम्: complete
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (संवत्सरम्)

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on new-moon day)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• भावितः: is devoted/has performed (with contemplation)
• भावितः: Karta (Agent as described/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भावित (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘भावितः’ = cultivated/meditated upon; यः-सम्बन्धि

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka (Revā-tīrtha)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king) is the explicit addressee in the immediate passage-context of this chapter

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee observing Amāvāsyā over successive months: dawn/dusk riverbank worship, simple diet, lamp offerings, tarpaṇa gestures; the moonless sky and quiet river underscore austerity and inner focus.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sacred-time discipline (vrata) is portrayed as both spiritually purifying and life-supporting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is within Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya; the verse emphasizes the vow rather than naming a new site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Amāvāsyā with sustained devotion for an entire year (a year-long Amāvāsyā vrata).