Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्प्रियकामार्थमनुमान्य जनार्द्दनः । चकार पार्षदां मध्ये प्रवरं विघ्ननाशनम्

Transliteration

tatastatpriyakāmārthamanumānya janārddanaḥ | cakāra pārṣadāṃ madhye pravaraṃ vighnanāśanam

Translation

Alors Janārdana, consentant afin d’accomplir le vœu cher à son cœur, établit parmi ses serviteurs le plus éminent destructeur des obstacles.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (thereupon/from that)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma-anvayi (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण ‘that’

• प्रियकामार्थम्: the purpose of (her) dear wish
• प्रियकामार्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय + काम + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रियस्य कामस्य अर्थः) ‘for the desired beloved purpose’

• अनुमान्य: having consented
• अनुमान्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु + मन् (धातु) → अनुमन्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-तुल्य कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having assented/approved’

• जनार्द्दनः: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• चकार: made, did
• चकार: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → चकार (लिट्, परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पार्षदाम्: of the attendants
• पार्षदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रवरम्: excellent, foremost
• प्रवरम्: Karma-anvayi (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विघ्ननाशनम्: obstacle-destroyer / remover of obstacles
• विघ्ननाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘removal of obstacles’ (विघ्नानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed explicitly in next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana, to fulfill Rukmiṇī’s wish, appoints/establishes among his attendants the supreme remover of obstacles—iconographically suggestive of Gaṇeśa/Vighneśa receiving divine sanction in the court.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Gaṇanātha (implied as Vighna-nāśaka)
• Rukmiṇī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace provides a dharmic means to remove impediments; sacred order begins with clearing obstacles before any undertaking.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s ordinances become models for worship and auspicious beginnings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the institution of a ‘vighna-nāśaka’ to be honored for obstacle-removal, elaborated in the following verses as first-worship.