Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वाचिकैर्मानसैर्वापि शारीरैश्च विशेषतः । कीर्तनात्तस्य तीर्थस्य मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

vācikairmānasairvāpi śārīraiśca viśeṣataḥ | kīrtanāttasya tīrthasya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Dù tội lỗi thuộc về lời nói, thuộc về tâm ý, hay nhất là do thân hành—nhờ ca tụng (kīrtana) và truyền xướng thánh địa ấy, người ta được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội chướng và sa đọa.

Word by Word

• वाचिकैः: by verbal (sins)
• वाचिकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• मानसैः: by mental (sins)
• मानसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/emphasis)

• शारीरैः: by bodily (sins)
• शारीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjectival)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कीर्तनात्: from/through the praising (recitation)
• कीर्तनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpati/bhūpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage emphasizes that praising the tīrtha dissolves sins of mind, speech, and body; the king receives assurance of total purification.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional proclamation (kīrtana) of a sacred place’s greatness is treated as a comprehensive purifier—addressing faults of speech, mind, and bodily action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same unnamed ‘great tīrtha’ being introduced in Adhyāya 44; the verse emphasizes its purificatory power rather than its name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana—reciting, praising, and publicly recounting the tīrtha’s greatness—as a means to remove sins.