Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

न तेषां ग्रहपीडा च कदाचित्क्वापि जायते । अंगांरकेन संयुक्ता चतुर्थी लभ्यते यदि

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ grahapīḍā ca kadācitkvāpi jāyate | aṃgāṃrakena saṃyuktā caturthī labhyate yadi

Translation

Für sie entsteht niemals, zu keiner Zeit und an keinem Ort, eine planetare Bedrängnis—wenn die heilige Caturthī in Verbindung mit Aṅgāraka (Mars) erlangt wird.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ग्रहपीडा: affliction caused by ग्रह(s)
• ग्रहपीडा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह + पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (ग्रहस्य पीडा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and/also
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कदाचित्: ever/at any time
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Time adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb), ‘ever/at any time’

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Kriya-visheshana (Place adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb), ‘anywhere’; क्व (where) + अपि (even/any)

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √जन् (to be born/arise)

• अङ्गारकेन: with/by Aṅgāraka
• अङ्गारकेन: Karana (Instrument/association marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• संयुक्ता: joined/associated
• संयुक्ता: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (चतुर्थी इति विशेषण)

• चतुर्थी: the caturthī (fourth lunar day)
• चतुर्थी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• लभ्यते: is obtained/available
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √लभ् (to obtain)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Condition (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgārakeśvara with Uttaravahā snāna on Aṅgāraka-yukta Caturthī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A protective tableau: devotees who performed the rite stand calm under a symbolic navagraha canopy, with Maṅgala’s red emblem subdued, indicating pacified planetary forces through Aṅgārakeśvara’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Mars)
• Graha (planetary forces)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion aligns with sacred calendrical power, divine order overrules harmful planetary influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is tied to the Kāśī Aṅgārakeśvara observance described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Caturthī when it is ‘Aṅgāraka-saṃyuktā’ (linked with Mars/Tuesday) as a means to avert graha-pīḍā.