Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ऋणपातकदौर्भाग्यदारिद्र्यविनिवृत्तये । अशेषाघविनाशाय प्रसीद मम शंकर

Transliteration

ṛṇapātakadaurbhāgyadāridryavinivṛttaye | aśeṣāghavināśāya prasīda mama śaṃkara

Translation

Pour l’effacement des dettes, des péchés, du malheur et de la pauvreté, et pour la destruction de toute faute, sois-moi favorable, ô Śaṅkara.

Word by Word

• ऋणपातकदौर्भाग्यदारिद्र्यविनिवृत्तये: for the removal of debt, sin, misfortune, and poverty
• ऋणपातकदौर्भाग्यदारिद्र्यविनिवृत्तये: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण + पातक + दौर्भाग्य + दारिद्र्य + विनिवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; समासः—ऋण-पातक-दौर्भाग्य-दारिद्र्यस्य विनिवृत्तिः तस्यै (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; प्रयोजनार्थे चतुर्थी)

• अशेषाघविनाशाय: for the destruction of all sins
• अशेषाघविनाशाय: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष + अघ + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; समासः—अशेषाणाम् अघानां विनाशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Worshipper/sādhaka (prayer addressed to Śiva within the pūjā sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with joined palms pleads before Śaṅkara—either as liṅga or anthropomorphic Śiva—seeking release from debt, sin, misfortune, and poverty; Śiva’s compassionate gaze grants reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Turning to Śiva with sincere surrender seeks not only worldly relief but also complete purification from wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse is a general Śaiva supplication within a worship procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It gives a prayer to be recited to Śaṅkara during worship, seeking removal of debts and sins and the ending of misfortune and poverty.