Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

महाविनायकीं शांतिं यः करोति समाहितः । न तं प्रेता ग्रहा रोगाः पीडयंति विनायकाः

Transliteration

mahāvināyakīṃ śāṃtiṃ yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ | na taṃ pretā grahā rogāḥ pīḍayaṃti vināyakāḥ

Translation

من يُجري بطَرفٍ مُجْمَعٍ شعيرةَ السَّكينة «مهافيناياكي»، لا تُعذِّبه آفاتُ الأشباح (البريتا)، ولا القوى الكوكبية الخبيثة، ولا الأمراض.

Word by Word

• महाविनायकीम्: great Vināyakī
• महाविनायकीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + विनायकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘great Vināyakī (related to Vināyaka)’

• शान्तिम्: appeasement; peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘peace/appeasement rite’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘who’

• करोति: performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘does/performs’

• समाहितः: composed; attentive
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + आ + √धा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण—‘collected, attentive’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘him’

• प्रेताः: ghosts
• प्रेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ghosts/spirits’

• ग्रहाः: seizing spirits; afflictions
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘seizers; ग्रह-afflictions’

• रोगाः: diseases
• रोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘diseases’

• पीडयन्ति: afflict
• पीडयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘torment/afflict’

• विनायकाः: as obstacle-causers
• विनायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणवत्—‘(as) vināyakas/obstacle-causers’ (apposition to pretāḥ/grahāḥ/rogāḥ)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāvināyakī-Śānti (rite)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concentrated worshipper performs a pacificatory rite before a Gaṇeśa altar; shadowy forms of preta and ominous graha symbols recede; a sick person regains vitality under a calm aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāvināyaka
• Vināyaka
• Grahāḥ
• Rogāḥ
• Pretāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A concentrated, properly performed Mahāvināyaka-śānti is praised as a dhārmic protection against afflictions of body and unseen forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka milieu, where Mahāvināyakī-śānti is introduced as an efficacious rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Mahāvināyakī śānti with mental composure (samādhāna/samāhita-citta).