Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तं प्रपश्येद्विनायकम् । य इच्छेत्सकलान्कामानिह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena taṃ prapaśyedvināyakam | ya icchetsakalānkāmāniha loke paratra ca

Translation

Darum soll man mit allem Einsatz jenen Vināyaka suchen und schauen, wenn man die Erfüllung aller Wünsche begehrt—hier in dieser Welt und auch jenseits.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ; ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारे—‘with all effort’

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

• प्रपश्येत्: should behold
• प्रपश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should see/behold’

• विनायकम्: Vināyaka
• विनायकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक—‘who’

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should desire’

• सकलान्: all
• सकलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘all (entire)’

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘desires’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the world’

• परत्र: hereafter; in the next world
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

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

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims journey with determination through hill paths to reach Vināyaka; at darśana, they mentally offer their wishes for both worldly success and spiritual good.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Gaṇeśa
• Yayāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vināyaka’s darśana is upheld as a dhārmic support for both worldly well-being and otherworldly good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region Vināyaka setting described in this adhyāya, presented as a goal of sacred travel and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction: make earnest effort to obtain Vināyaka’s darśana (often paired in context with snāna and pradakṣiṇā).