Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

न दुःखैरभिभूयेत इहामुत्रापि कुत्रचित् । कुर्यात्प्रतिचतुर्थीह यात्रां विघ्नेशितुः सदा

Transliteration

na duḥkhairabhibhūyeta ihāmutrāpi kutracit | kuryātpraticaturthīha yātrāṃ vighneśituḥ sadā

Translation

ಅವನು ಇಹಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಾಗಲಿ ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಾಗಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ದುಃಖಗಳಿಂದ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಆವರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಸದಾ ಪ್ರತಿಚತುರ್ಥಿಗೆ ವಿಘ್ನೇಶ್ವರನ ಯಾತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• duḥkhaiḥ: by sufferings
• duḥkhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; करणम्

• abhibhūyeta: should be overpowered
• abhibhūyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः सम्भवः—‘अभिभूयेत’ = be overpowered

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-अव्यय/adverb of place)

• amutra: there (in the other world)
• amutra: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: amutra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक particle) = also/even

• kutracit: anywhere
• kutracit: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutracit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनिश्चित-देशवाचक) = anywhere/at any place

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; विधिः (should do)

• prati: each
• prati: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-स्वरूप-अव्यय; अर्थे: प्रति = each/towards

• caturthī: the fourth (tithi)
• caturthī: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक-प्रयोगः (on the fourth lunar day)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• yātrām: pilgrimage/observance
• yātrām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; कर्म

• vighneśituḥ: of Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• vighneśituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna + īśitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धः (of the Lord of obstacles)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = always

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• Caturthī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotion to Vighneśa safeguards one from distress across both worldly and post-worldly states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vighneśa’s yātrā-sites in Kāśī, associated with obstacle-removal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Vighneśa-yātrā on each Caturthī tithi as a continual practice.