Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यन्नामग्रहणादेव केपि वाधां न कुर्वते । यदाधारेण तिष्ठंति भुवनानि चतुर्दश

Transliteration

yannāmagrahaṇādeva kepi vādhāṃ na kurvate | yadādhāreṇa tiṣṭhaṃti bhuvanāni caturdaśa

Translation

«Par la seule invocation de son Nom, nul obstacle ne peut atteindre ; et sur son appui se tiennent les quatorze mondes.»

Word by Word

• यत्: whose
• यत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object within compound sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• ग्रहणात्: from taking/uttering
• ग्रहणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: just/only)

• के: some (people)
• के: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle: even/also)

• वाधाम्: obstruction, harm
• वाधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• कुर्वते: do, cause
• कुर्वते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); आत्मनेपदम्

• यत्: whose
• यत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आधारेण: by support, as the basis
• आधारेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, exist
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• भुवनानि: worlds
• भुवनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनस्य विशेषणम् (qualifies 'bhuvanāni')

Speaker

Dhūtapāpā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the fourteen worlds stacked in traditional purāṇic cosmology rest upon a radiant Śiva-principle; in the foreground, a devotee chants the name, and dark knots of obstacles unravel into light.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūtapāpā
• Caturdaśa-bhuvana (fourteen worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-japa (remembrance of the divine name) is portrayed as a powerful refuge that dispels obstacles and connects one to the cosmic support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is identified in this verse; it emphasizes the universal potency of the praised being’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-grahaṇa/nāma-japa—taking or chanting the name—as a means to remove impediments.