Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

भूतिदो विघ्नहंता च चतुश्चक्रो जनार्द्दनः । पञ्चभिर्वासुदेवस्तु जन्ममृत्युभयापहः

Transliteration

bhūtido vighnahaṃtā ca catuścakro janārddanaḥ | pañcabhirvāsudevastu janmamṛtyubhayāpahaḥ

Translation

Con cuatro (pronunciaciones) se alcanza a Janārdana—portador del disco (de cuatro brazos), dador de prosperidad y destructor de obstáculos. Con cinco, se alcanza a Vāsudeva, que disipa el temor al nacimiento y a la muerte.

Word by Word

• bhūtidaḥ: giver of prosperity
• bhūtidaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūti (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhūteḥ dātā—'giver of prosperity'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (janārddanaḥ इति)

• vighnahaṃtā: destroyer of obstacles
• vighnahaṃtā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + hantṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (vighnān hanti—'destroyer of obstacles'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (janārddanaḥ इति)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• catuḥcakraḥ: having four cakras
• catuḥcakraḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (caturṇi cakrāṇi yasya—'who has four discs'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (janārddanaḥ इति)

• janārddanaḥ: Janārdana (Vishnu)
• janārddanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pañcabhiḥ: with five
• pañcabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vāsudevaḥ: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/विशेषार्थक particle)

• janmamṛtyubhayāpahaḥ: remover of fear of birth and death
• janmamṛtyubhayāpahaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + apaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (janma-mṛtyu-bhayaṃ apahanti—'remover of the fear of birth and death'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vāsudevaḥ इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (nāma-ucchāra fruits: Janārdana/Vāsudeva)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotional vignettes: Janārdana as four-armed protector with cakra, granting prosperity and clearing obstacles; Vāsudeva as serene, radiant Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu dispelling the shadow-figures of birth and death (two looming forms dissolving into light).

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Vāsudeva
• Cakra (Sudarśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional repetition of the Lord’s Names is portrayed as a direct means to prosperity, obstacle-removal, and fearlessness before saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Vaiṣṇava worship and remembrance are celebrated as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Counted Nāma-japa: fourfold linked to Janārdana; fivefold linked to Vāsudeva.