Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

दुःस्वप्ननाशनं पुण्यं सर्वाभीष्टप्रसाधकम् । यः पठेदिममध्यायं शृणुते वा सभक्तिकम्

Transliteration

duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvābhīṣṭaprasādhakam | yaḥ paṭhedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇute vā sabhaktikam

Translation

Dieser Bericht ist verdienstvoll, vernichtet böse Träume und erfüllt alle ersehnten Ziele. Wer dieses Kapitel rezitiert oder es in Hingabe anhört—

Word by Word

• duḥsvapna-nāśanam: destroyer of bad dreams
• duḥsvapna-nāśanam: Karta/Guṇa (Predicate noun/attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥsvapna (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; नश्-धातोः ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दुःस्वप्नानां नाशनम्)

• puṇyam: meritorious; holy
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvābhīṣṭa-prasādhakam: fulfilling all desired (things)
• sarvābhīṣṭa-prasādhakam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त; अभि+इष् + क्त) + prasādhaka (प्रातिपदिक; प्र+साध्-धातोः ण्वुल्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास, ‘सर्वाणि अभीष्टानि प्रसाधयति’

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• imam: this
• imam: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• adhyāyam: chapter
• adhyāyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śṛṇute: hears; listens
• śṛṇute: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• sa-bhaktikam: with devotion
• sa-bhaktikam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (तद्धित -क) → bhaktika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह भक्ति) = भक्तिसहितम्

Speaker

Sūta (implied, phalaśruti style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmītīrtha (māhātmya adhyāya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional gathering where one recites the Lakṣmītīrtha chapter; listeners sit with folded hands; above them, a dark cloud of nightmares dissolves into light.

Characters & Entities

• Adhyāya (chapter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of sacred māhātmyas are themselves dharmic practices that purify and protect the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Lakṣmītīrtha, whose māhātmya is said to yield these results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the chapter or listen to it with devotion (sabhakti-śravaṇa/pāṭha).