Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

य इदं पठते नित्यं शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः । न विघ्नं जायते तस्य सर्वकृत्येषु सर्वदा

Transliteration

ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ | na vighnaṃ jāyate tasya sarvakṛtyeṣu sarvadā

Translation

Quiconque le récite chaque jour, ou l’écoute avec une attention recueillie, ne voit jamais naître d’obstacle dans aucune entreprise, en tout temps.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• पठते: reads
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always, daily
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शृणुयात्: should hear / may hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• समाहितः: collected, attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-आ-धा + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त; विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karta (Logical subject of passive/intransitive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (जायते इत्यस्य कर्तृसदृश-भावे)

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; अकर्मक

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• सर्वकृत्येषु: in all undertakings
• सर्वकृत्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; समास-विग्रहः: सर्वाणि कृत्यानि (all duties/acts)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (phala-śruti for recitation/hearing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (pāṭha/śravaṇa-phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group sits in a temple courtyard or home shrine; one recites from a palm-leaf manuscript while others listen with focused faces; above them, a symbolic ‘vighna’ dissolves into light near Gaṇapati’s emblem.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular engagement with sacred teaching—through recitation or listening—creates steadiness and is praised as obstacle-removing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The assurance is given within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya framework of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya pāṭha (daily recitation) or attentive śravaṇa (listening) of this passage.