Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दुःस्वप्नदुःशकुनदुर्गतिदौर्मनस्यदुर्भिक्षदुर्व्यसनदुःसहदुर्यशांसि । उत्पाततापविषभीतिमसद्ग्रहार्तिव्याधींश्च नाशयतु मे जगतामधीशः

Transliteration

duḥsvapnaduḥśakunadurgatidaurmanasyadurbhikṣadurvyasanaduḥsahaduryaśāṃsi | utpātatāpaviṣabhītimasadgrahārtivyādhīṃśca nāśayatu me jagatāmadhīśaḥ

Translation

ജഗതങ്ങളുടെ അധീശ്വരൻ എനിക്കായി ദുഃസ്വപ്നം, ദുഃശകുനം, ദുര്‍ഗതി, ദൗർമനസ്യം, ദുർഭിക്ഷം, ദുര്‍വ്യസനം, ദുഃസഹ കഷ്ടങ്ങൾ, ദുര്യശസ് എന്നിവ നശിപ്പിക്കട്ടെ; കൂടാതെ ഉത്പാതം, താപം, വിഷഭീതി, അസദ്‌ഗ്രഹപീഡ, വ്യാധികൾ എന്നിവയും അകറ്റട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• दुःस्वप्न-दुःशकुन-दुर्गति-दौर्मनस्य-दुर्भिक्ष-दुर्व्यसन-दुःसह-दुर्यशांसि: bad dreams, evil omens, misfortunes, depression, famine, calamities, hardships, ill-fame
• दुःस्वप्न-दुःशकुन-दुर्गति-दौर्मनस्य-दुर्भिक्ष-दुर्व्यसन-दुःसह-दुर्यशांसि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःस्वप्न + दुःशकुन + दुर्गति + दौर्मनस्य + दुर्भिक्ष + दुर्व्यसन + दुःसह + दुर्यशस् (प्रातिपदिक); (समाहार-द्वन्द्व-प्रायः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); बहुवचन (Plural)

• उत्पात-ताप-विष-भीति-असद्ग्रह-आर्ति-व्याधीन्: portents, afflictions, poison-fear, troubles from evil ग्रह (seizures/spirits/planets), distress, diseases
• उत्पात-ताप-विष-भीति-असद्ग्रह-आर्ति-व्याधीन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात + ताप + विष + भीति + असद्ग्रह + आर्ति + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक); उत्पाततापविषभीतिमसद्ग्रहार्तिव्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाशयतु: may (he) destroy
• नाशयतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ); प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd); एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (Causative)

• मे: for me, my
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); एकवचन (Singular)

• जगताम्: of the worlds, of beings
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); बहुवचन (Plural)

• अधीशः: the supreme lord
• अधीशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in the given snippet (deductively: a purāṇic narrator/prayer-voice within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Śiva as Jagadīśa seated in meditation, radiating cool light; around him dissolve shadow-forms labeled as bad dreams, omens, famine, poison, planetary afflictions, and disease; devotees receive calmness and health as a gentle rain of blessings.

Characters & Entities

• jagatām adhīśaḥ (Lord of the worlds)
• graha (planetary/seizing affliction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge is the Jagatām Adhīśa (Lord of the worlds): remembrance and prayer to Him is presented as a purāṇic means to dissolve both outer misfortunes and inner anguish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it functions as a general protective (rakṣā) prayer within the Brahmottara context rather than a location-specific māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, vrata, or japa) is stated here; the verse itself is framed as a supplicatory prayer seeking śānti (pacification) and protection.