Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सर्वविघ्नोपशमनी श्रीमाता स्मरणेन हि । विवाहे चोपवीते च सीमंते शुभकर्मणि

Transliteration

sarvavighnopaśamanī śrīmātā smaraṇena hi | vivāhe copavīte ca sīmaṃte śubhakarmaṇi

Translation

Durch bloßes Gedenken besänftigt Śrīmātā jedes Hindernis—besonders bei der Hochzeit, bei der Zeremonie des heiligen Fadens (Upanayana) und beim Ritus des Sīmantonnayana—bei allen glückverheißenden Handlungen.

Word by Word

• सर्वविघ्नोपशमनी: the remover of all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नोपशमनी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + विघ्न + उपशमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: सर्वविघ्नानाम् उपशमनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• श्रीमाता: Śrī-Mother
• श्रीमाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: श्री + माता (कर्मधारय)

• स्मरणेन: by remembrance
• स्मरणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (indeed/for)

• विवाहे: in marriage (ceremony)
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• उपवीते: at the sacred-thread rite
• उपवीते: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; उपनयन/यज्ञोपवीतधारणे (context)

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

• सीमन्ते: at the sīmantonnayana rite
• सीमन्ते: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; गर्भसंस्कारविशेषे (sīmantonnayana)

• शुभकर्मणि: in an auspicious rite
• शुभकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समास: शुभं कर्म (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Narrator within the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya context (exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka / Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three vignettes: a wedding fire with couple, an upanayana with boy and guru, and a sīmantonnayana with pregnant woman; above them Śrīmātā’s subtle presence radiates, calming swirling ‘vighna’ symbols.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Vivāha
• Upavīta/Upanayana
• Sīmantonnayana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred life-rites succeed when centered on divine remembrance; Śrīmātā is invoked as the remover of obstacles in dharmic milestones.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s presiding Śrīmātā is presented as the protective power invoked for success in auspicious rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śrīmātā during saṃskāras—vivāha, upanayana (upavīta), and sīmantonnayana.