Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवं कृते न संदेहो ग्रहपीडा प्रणश्यति

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte na saṃdeho grahapīḍā praṇaśyati

Translation

Wird es auf diese Weise vollzogen, so besteht kein Zweifel: das von den Planeten verursachte Leid wird vernichtet.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• कृते: when (this) is done
• कृते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; लोके—‘कृते (सति)’ = ‘when it is done’

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ग्रहपीडा: affliction caused by planets
• ग्रहपीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह-पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—ग्रहस्य पीडा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• प्रणश्यति: perishes/vanishes
• प्रणश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Guru-graha-śānti context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Concluding tableau: devotee serene after rites; planetary affliction symbolically dissolves as light spreads over the river and temple skyline.

Characters & Entities

• graha (planetary deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in dhārmic procedure (vidhi) is affirmed: correctly performed rites yield definite spiritual and worldly relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā tīrtha context just described, where prescribed snāna and homa are linked to graha-śānti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse refers back to the prior instructions—bathing and performing homa with graha-japa according to rule.