Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सर्वे विघ्ना विनश्यन्ति दृष्ट्वा कम्बलक्षेत्रपम्

Transliteration

sarve vighnā vinaśyanti dṛṣṭvā kambalakṣetrapam

Translation

ពេលបានឃើញព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃកំបលក្សេត្រ ឧបសគ្គទាំងអស់នឹងវិនាសអស់។

Word by Word

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; used adjectivally

• vighnāḥ: obstacles
• vighnāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• vinaśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• vinaśyanti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धा॒तु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Plural; with prefix vi-

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धा॒तु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (absolutive/त्वान्त), from √dṛś; Avyaya-kṛdanta

• kambala-kṣetrapam: the lord of Kambala-kṣetra
• kambala-kṣetrapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetrapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘kambalasya kṣetrapaḥ’ (protector/lord of Kambala-kṣetra)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kambalakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim beholds the kṣetrapa of Kambalakṣetra; dark clouds of ‘obstacles’ disperse; broken chains and cleared path symbolize vighna-nāśa.

Characters & Entities

• Kambalakṣetra
• Kambalakṣetrapa (lord/protector of Kambalakṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the presiding deity of a sacred place removes impediments, affirming faith in divine guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kambalakṣetra, through praise of its presiding lord (kṣetrapa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Take darśana of the Kambalakṣetra-kṣetrapa; the emphasis is on seeing the deity as a transformative act.