Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं पापपिंडस्य दापनम् । श्रवणादपि राजेंद्र यस्य पापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pāpapiṃḍasya dāpanam | śravaṇādapi rājeṃdra yasya pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

اے راجندر! یہ سب کچھ تمہیں بیان کیا گیا—پاپ پِنڈ کے دان کی विधی۔ اس کا صرف سن لینا بھی انسان کو گناہوں سے آزاد کر دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (अत्र प्रथमा—‘एतत् ... आख्यातम्’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (अत्र चतुर्थी—‘to you’)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriyā (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आ+ख्या—कथने) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (PPP) ‘आख्यात’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (predicate participle)

• पापपिंडस्य: of the sin-mass (aggregate of sins)
• पापपिंडस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-piṇḍa (पाप + पिण्ड) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य पिण्डः)

• दापनम्: the rite of giving (away)
• दापनम्: Karta/Viśeṣya (Apposition to ‘etat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāpana (दापयति—णिच् causative of दा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; भाव/क्रियानाम (act of causing to be given)

• श्रवणात्: from hearing (it)
• श्रवणात्: Apādāna (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (even/also)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-indra (राजन् + इन्द्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पापैः: from sins / by sins (as the binding factor)
• पापैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (प्र+मुच्—मोचने) (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāpapiṇḍa-dāna (rite) within Kapāleśvara tīrtha context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes instruction to a king: the ‘pāpapiṇḍa’ rite is explained; the king listens reverently, hands folded, with a manuscript or palm-leaf text nearby.

Characters & Entities

• rājendra
• pāpapiṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred instruction itself is purifying: attentive hearing of tīrthamāhātmya and dāna-vidhi grants sin-release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse summarizes a tīrthamāhātmya teaching; it highlights the rite’s merit rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It concludes the explanation of pāpapiṇḍa-dāna and emphasizes śravaṇa (listening) as itself meritorious.