Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

यावत्तं तु जिघृक्षामि तावत्तद्वदनांबुजात् । शिवनामपवित्रा वाङ्निरगाद्विघ्नहारिणी

Transliteration

yāvattaṃ tu jighṛkṣāmi tāvattadvadanāṃbujāt | śivanāmapavitrā vāṅniragādvighnahāriṇī

Translation

Doch als ich ihn eben packen wollte, ging aus dem Lotos seines Mundes ein Wort hervor, geläutert durch den Namen Śivas, das jedes Hindernis hinwegnimmt.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालपरिमाणवाचक अव्यय (correlative; as long as/while)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (accusative singular; him)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Discourse/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक निपात (particle; but/indeed)

• जिघृक्षामि: I wish to seize
• जिघृक्षामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; सन्नन्त (इच्छार्थ) रूप: जि-घृक्ष- (desiderative; I wish to seize)

• तावत्: then, for that long
• तावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावदर्थक अव्यय (correlative; so long/just then)

• तत्: of him
• तत्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive singular; of him)

• वदन: mouth, face
• वदन: Samasa-member (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6) एकवचन-पूर्वपद (as prior member in compound; face/mouth)

• अम्बुजात्: from the lotus-like mouth
• अम्बुजात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक; अम्बु+ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; समास: वदन-अम्बुज (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः: 'lotus-like face'); अपादान (ablative singular; from the lotus (mouth))

• शिवनाम: the name of Śiva
• शिवनाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समास: शिवस्य नाम (genitive tatpurusha)

• पवित्रा: purifying, sacred
• पवित्रा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine nominative singular; qualifying vāk)

• वाक्: speech, utterance
• वाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• निरगात्: issued forth
• निरगात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (imperfect, 3rd singular; went out/issued forth)

• विघ्नहारिणी: removing obstacles
• विघ्नहारिणी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विघ्न-हारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; विघ्न + हारिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण; समास: विघ्नान् हरति इति (upapada-tatpurusha)

Speaker

Preta (departed spirit), describing the power of Śiva-nāma (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mendicant’s mouth shown as a lotus; from it emanate luminous syllables ‘Śiva’ as radiant script, forming a protective aura that halts the attacker mid-grab; obstacles (dark knots) dissolve.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-nāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s Name is intrinsically purifying and functions as a remover of obstacles, even interrupting imminent sin and turning the mind toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere is implied; the verse chiefly glorifies Śiva-nāma rather than a particular spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-smaraṇa/japa of “Śiva” is upheld as a powerful practice.