Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

भक्त्या प्रणामं रुद्रस्य ये कुर्वन्ति दिने दिने । तेषां पापं प्रलीयेत भिन्नपात्रे जलं यथा

Transliteration

bhaktyā praṇāmaṃ rudrasya ye kurvanti dine dine | teṣāṃ pāpaṃ pralīyeta bhinnapātre jalaṃ yathā

Translation

جو لوگ روز بروز بھکتی کے ساتھ رودر کو پرنام کرتے ہیں، اُن کا پاپ یوں گھل جاتا ہے جیسے ٹوٹے ہوئے برتن میں پانی۔

Word by Word

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

• प्रणामम्: salutation
• प्रणामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन; Relative pronoun, Nominative plural

• कुर्वन्ति: do / perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person plural

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (reduplicated for distributive sense)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• प्रलीयेत: would dissolve / perish
• प्रलीयेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+ली (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person singular

• भिन्नपात्रे: in a broken vessel
• भिन्नपात्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त, √भिद्) + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular; कर्मधारयः—भिन्नं पात्रम्

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय; indeclinable of comparison

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as king in surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs daily prostration before a Rudra-liṅga near the Revā riverbank; the metaphor of ‘sin dissolving’ is shown as dark stains washing away like water leaking from a cracked pot.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Praṇāma
• Pāpa-kṣaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent, heartfelt devotion to Rudra is described as a direct means for the steady dissolution of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Though the verse is devotional rather than topographical, it is situated within Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha milieu where Śiva-devotion is repeatedly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-praṇāma: daily salutations (bowing) to Rudra with bhakti.