महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-256, verse-12

अश्रद्धा परमं पापं श्रद्धा पापप्रमोचनी ।
जहाति पापं श्रद्धावान्सर्पो जीर्णामिव त्वचम् ॥१२॥

12. aśraddhā paramaṁ pāpaṁ śraddhā pāpapramocanī ,
jahāti pāpaṁ śraddhāvānsarpo jīrṇāmiva tvacam.

12. aśraddhā paramam pāpam śraddhā pāpa-pramocanī
jahāti pāpam śraddhāvān sarpaḥ jīrṇām iva tvacam

12. aśraddhā paramam pāpam śraddhā pāpa-pramocanī
śraddhāvān sarpaḥ jīrṇām tvacam iva pāpam jahāti

12. Lack of faith (aśraddhā) is the greatest transgression, while faith (śraddhā) is what liberates one from sin. A person endowed with faith (śraddhāvān) discards sin just as a snake sheds its old skin.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्रद्धा (aśraddhā) - lack of faith, distrust, unbelief (aśraddhā)

• परमम् (paramam) - greatest, highest, supreme

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, transgression

• श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith, trust, belief, confidence (śraddhā)

• पाप-प्रमोचनी (pāpa-pramocanī) - that which liberates from sin

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, leaves

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, transgression

• श्रद्धावान् (śraddhāvān) - possessing faith, faithful, believing (śraddhāvān)

• सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - snake, serpent

• जीर्णाम् (jīrṇām) - old, worn out, decayed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• त्वचम् (tvacam) - skin, hide

Words meanings and morphology

अश्रद्धा (aśraddhā) - lack of faith, distrust, unbelief (aśraddhā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśraddhā

aśraddhā - want of faith, unbelief

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+śraddhā)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• śraddhā – faith, trust, belief (śraddhā)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: śrad
  Root: dhā (class 3)

परमम् (paramam) - greatest, highest, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, excellent, greatest

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, transgression

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, wickedness, vice

श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith, trust, belief, confidence (śraddhā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, belief, confidence

Root: dhā (class 3)

पाप-प्रमोचनी (pāpa-pramocanī) - that which liberates from sin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāpa-pramocanī

pāpa-pramocanī - liberator from sin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+pramocanī)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wickedness
  noun (neuter)
• pramocanī – liberating, freeing; a liberator
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root 'muc' with 'pra' prefix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: muc (class 6)

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, leaves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of hā

Reduplicated present stem from root 'hā'.

Root: hā (class 3)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, transgression

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, wickedness, vice

श्रद्धावान् (śraddhāvān) - possessing faith, faithful, believing (śraddhāvān)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śraddhāvat

śraddhāvat - having faith, believing

Formed with 'matup' suffix meaning 'possessing' from 'śraddhā'.

सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - snake, serpent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Root: sṛp (class 1)

जीर्णाम् (jīrṇām) - old, worn out, decayed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, worn out, decayed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jṝ' (to wear out, grow old).

Root: jṝ (class 9)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

त्वचम् (tvacam) - skin, hide

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, bark