Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दुःस्वप्ननाशनं ह्येतन्महापातकनाशनम् । महाविघ्नप्रशमनं महाशांतिकरं नृणाम्

Transliteration

duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ hyetanmahāpātakanāśanam | mahāvighnapraśamanaṃ mahāśāṃtikaraṃ nṛṇām

Translation

En vérité, ceci détruit les mauvais rêves et anéantit les grands péchés. Il apaise les obstacles majeurs et procure une grande paix aux hommes.

Word by Word

• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: destroyer of bad dreams
• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःस्वप्न + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: दुःस्वप्नस्य नाशनम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Vishaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• महापातकनाशनम्: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: महापातकस्य नाशनम्

• महाविघ्नप्रशमनम्: pacifier of great obstacles
• महाविघ्नप्रशमनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + विघ्न + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: महाविघ्नस्य प्रशमनम्

• महाशान्तिकरम्: bringing great peace
• महाशान्तिकरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + शान्ति + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: महाशान्तेः करम् (producer of great peace)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (continued Koṭitīrtha praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night scene dissolving into calm dawn at Koṭitīrtha: a troubled sleeper’s nightmare imagery fades as the pilgrim bathes; obstacles symbolized by broken chains and cleared thorny path; a tranquil aura settles over devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful contact with a praised tīrtha is portrayed as removing inner and outer afflictions—fear, sin, obstacles—and establishing peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha is the implied subject of ‘this’ (etat) in the Koṭitīrtha māhātmya sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified in this verse; it elaborates the promised results of visiting/bathing at the tīrtha.