Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्य तव विघ्नेन समूलं तस्य नश्यति । येषां न पूज्याः पूज्यंते क्रोधासत्यपराश्च ये

Transliteration

putrasya tava vighnena samūlaṃ tasya naśyati | yeṣāṃ na pūjyāḥ pūjyaṃte krodhāsatyaparāśca ye

Translation

By the obstacle set in place by your son Vighneśa, they are destroyed from the very root—those who worship the unworthy as worthy, and those devoted to anger and falsehood.

Word by Word

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विघ्नेन: by an obstacle
• विघ्नेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समूलम्: root and all; completely
• समूलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समूल (प्रातिपदिक; स + मूल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्राय (adverbial accusative)

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

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• पूज्याः: (those who are) worthy of worship
• पूज्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् + यत्, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-यत् (gerundive: 'to be worshipped')

• पूज्यन्ते: are worshipped
• पूज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• क्रोधासत्यपराः: devoted to anger and untruth
• क्रोधासत्यपराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + असत्य + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (क्रोधे असत्ये च पराः = devoted to anger and falsehood)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

Speaker

Śiva to Umā/Pārvatī (deduced from immediate context: Umā responds in the next verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Girijā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes with a sharp ethical criterion: Vighneśa’s vighna uproots those who invert values (worship the unworthy) and those devoted to anger and falsehood—moral inversion leading to total ruin.

Characters & Entities

• Umā (implied)
• Śiva (implied)
• Vighneśa (as 'your son')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma—such as honoring the unworthy and clinging to anger and untruth—invites root-level ruin through divinely sanctioned obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches moral causality (karma-phala) under Vighneśa’s governance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, one must revere the truly worthy (pūjya) and cultivate satya and kṣamā; no specific vrata or dāna is detailed.