Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यश्च कीर्त्तयते सम्यक्चतुर्थ्यां सुसमाहितः । शृणोति वा नृपश्रेष्ठ तस्याऽविघ्नं सदा भवेत्

Transliteration

yaśca kīrttayate samyakcaturthyāṃ susamāhitaḥ | śṛṇoti vā nṛpaśreṣṭha tasyā'vighnaṃ sadā bhavet

Translation

Et quiconque, l’esprit parfaitement recueilli, récite correctement ceci au jour de Caturthī (le saint quatrième jour lunaire) — ou même l’écoute, ô meilleur des rois — jouira toujours de l’absence d’obstacles.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• kīrttayate: recites/praises
• kīrttayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; causative/णिजन्त (कीर्तयति/कीर्तयते = to cause to be praised/recite)

• samyak: properly, correctly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the fourth lunar day)

• su-samāhitaḥ: well-concentrated, composed
• su-samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- + samāhita (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-धा धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘समाहित’ = composed; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (well-)

• śṛṇoti: he hears/listens
• śṛṇoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः)

• tasya: of him, for him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• avighnam: unobstructedness, freedom from obstacles
• avighnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- + vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक (absence of obstacle)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• bhavet: may be/shall be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually the same narrator addressing a kingly listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka (māhātmya-unit)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Caturthī night/day, a devotee sits composed, reciting; others listen; a clear moon phase marker; Gaṇeśa’s presence ensures a path free of impediments.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Caturthī (Gaṇeśa Caturthī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana (recitation) and śravaṇa (listening) performed with collected attention are affirmed as direct means to obtain avighna—life free from impediments—through Vināyaka’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Arbuda/Mount Abu region) within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, linking practice to regional sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite (or listen to) the māhātmya specifically on Caturthī, with focused mind (su-samāhita).