Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
सर्वे विघ्ना विनश्यन्ति दृष्ट्वा कम्बलक्षेत्रपम्
Transliteration
sarve vighnā vinaśyanti dṛṣṭvā kambalakṣetrapam
Translation
Tous les obstacles s’anéantissent à la vue du Seigneur de Kambalakṣetra.
Word by Word
sarveall
sarve:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; used adjectivally
vighnāḥobstacles
vighnāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvighna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
vinaśyantiperish, are destroyed
vinaśyanti:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnaś (धा॒तु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Plural; with prefix vi-
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdṛś (धा॒तु)
FormKṛdanta (absolutive/त्वान्त), from √dṛś; Avyaya-kṛdanta
kambala-kṣetrapamthe lord of Kambala-kṣetra
kambala-kṣetrapam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkambala (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetrapa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘kambalasya kṣetrapaḥ’ (protector/lord of Kambala-kṣetra)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kambalakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The pilgrim beholds the kṣetrapa of Kambalakṣetra; dark clouds of ‘obstacles’ disperse; broken chains and cleared path symbolize vighna-nāśa.
Characters & Entities
K
KambalakṣetraK
Kambalakṣetrapa (lord/protector of Kambalakṣetra)FAQs
Darśana of the presiding deity of a sacred place removes impediments, affirming faith in divine guardianship.
Kambalakṣetra, through praise of its presiding lord (kṣetrapa).
Take darśana of the Kambalakṣetra-kṣetrapa; the emphasis is on seeing the deity as a transformative act.