Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

महाविनायकीं शांतिं यः करोति समाहितः । न तं प्रेता ग्रहा रोगाः पीडयंति विनायकाः

Transliteration

mahāvināyakīṃ śāṃtiṃ yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ | na taṃ pretā grahā rogāḥ pīḍayaṃti vināyakāḥ

Translation

Celui qui, l’esprit concentré, accomplit le rite d’apaisement de la Mahāvināyakī, n’est tourmenté ni par les prétas, ni par les influences planétaires malignes, ni par les maladies.

Word by Word

• महाविनायकीम्: great Vināyakī
• महाविनायकीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + विनायकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘great Vināyakī (related to Vināyaka)’

• शान्तिम्: appeasement; peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘peace/appeasement rite’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘who’

• करोति: performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘does/performs’

• समाहितः: composed; attentive
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + आ + √धा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण—‘collected, attentive’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘him’

• प्रेताः: ghosts
• प्रेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ghosts/spirits’

• ग्रहाः: seizing spirits; afflictions
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘seizers; ग्रह-afflictions’

• रोगाः: diseases
• रोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘diseases’

• पीडयन्ति: afflict
• पीडयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘torment/afflict’

• विनायकाः: as obstacle-causers
• विनायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणवत्—‘(as) vināyakas/obstacle-causers’ (apposition to pretāḥ/grahāḥ/rogāḥ)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāvināyakī-Śānti (rite)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concentrated worshipper performs a pacificatory rite before a Gaṇeśa altar; shadowy forms of preta and ominous graha symbols recede; a sick person regains vitality under a calm aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāvināyaka
• Vināyaka
• Grahāḥ
• Rogāḥ
• Pretāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A concentrated, properly performed Mahāvināyaka-śānti is praised as a dhārmic protection against afflictions of body and unseen forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka milieu, where Mahāvināyakī-śānti is introduced as an efficacious rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Mahāvināyakī śānti with mental composure (samādhāna/samāhita-citta).