Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थमयं तीर्थं शूलभेदं जनेश्वर । श्रुते यस्य प्रभावे तु मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrthaṃ śūlabhedaṃ janeśvara | śrute yasya prabhāve tu mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Hỡi bậc chúa của muôn dân, Śūlabheda là tīrtha chứa đựng tinh túy của mọi tīrtha. Chỉ cần nghe về uy đức của nó, người ta được giải thoát khỏi mọi trọng tội.

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थमयम्: consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + तीर्थ + मय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण तीर्थस्य

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्म (appositional object)

• शूलभेदम्: Śūlabheda
• शूलभेदम्: Karma/Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तीर्थस्य नाम (in apposition)

• जनेश्वर: O lord of people
• जनेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• श्रुते: when (it is) heard
• श्रुते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु ‘to hear’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute: when it is heard)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (whose)

• प्रभावे: in (its) power
• प्रभावे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-अङ्ग (in/with regard to the power)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Emphasis/Contrast (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: is released)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Source: from sins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + पातक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अपादान/हेतौ (ablatival-instrumental usage: from all sins)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing a ruler/king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: janeśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: many famous tīrthas symbolically converge into Śūlabheda, shown as a radiant center marked by a trident sign; listeners gathered around a reciter, freed from dark ‘pātaka’ shadows.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and honoring sacred narratives (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a transformative practice in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha, proclaimed as ‘sarvatīrthamaya’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening to the site’s Mahatmya).