Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

विघ्नेशो भगवांस्तस्य सदा विघ्नं करोति हि । चण्डकोलाहलाभिख्ये नरके च पतत्यथ

Transliteration

vighneśo bhagavāṃstasya sadā vighnaṃ karoti hi | caṇḍakolāhalābhikhye narake ca patatyatha

Translation

Denn der erhabene Vighneśa, der Herr der Hindernisse, schafft ihm wahrlich stets Hindernisse; und dann fällt er in die Hölle namens Caṇḍakolāhala.

Word by Word

• विघ्नेशः: Vighneśa (Lord of obstacles)
• विघ्नेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्नेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—विघ्नस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विघ्नेशस्य)

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

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करोति: creates/does
• करोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• चण्डकोलाहलाभिख्ये: in the (hell) called ‘Caṇḍakolāhala’
• चण्डकोलाहलाभिख्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्ड + कोलाहल + अभिख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—चण्डः कोलाहलः यस्य/यत्र सः, तस्य अभिख्या (नाम) इति (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पतति: falls
• पतति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse marker (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक-अव्यय (then/now)

Speaker

Unspecified (Setu-khaṇḍa narrator voice; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A negligent householder is blocked at every step by Vighneśa’s unseen obstacles; in the background a भयावह naraka labeled Caṇḍakolāhala roars with tumult, warning of karmic consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• Caṇḍakolāhala-naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma neglected becomes adversity: the same deity sought for obstacle-removal becomes the agent of obstruction when duty is refused.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The warning is delivered within Setu-khaṇḍa’s Setu/Rāmeśvaram dharma-context, emphasizing the seriousness of rites in that sacred field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, do not neglect the Mahālaya śrāddha on the prescribed tithi (context: caturthī); otherwise obstacles and naraka are described.