Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

शत्रवः संक्षयं यांतु प्रसीदन्तु मम ग्रहाः । नश्यन्तु दस्यवो राष्ट्रे जनाः संतु निरापदः

Transliteration

śatravaḥ saṃkṣayaṃ yāṃtu prasīdantu mama grahāḥ | naśyantu dasyavo rāṣṭre janāḥ saṃtu nirāpadaḥ

Translation

എന്റെ ശത്രുക്കൾ നശിക്കട്ടെ; എന്റെ ഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നമായി അനുകൂലിക്കട്ടെ; രാജ്യത്തിൽ കള്ളന്മാർ നശിക്കട്ടെ; ജനങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം നിരാപദരായി ഇരിക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• शत्रवः: enemies
• शत्रवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• संक्षयम्: destruction
• संक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• यान्तु: may (they) go/meet
• यान्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Imperative, 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada)

• प्रसीदन्तु: may (they) be favorable
• प्रसीदन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Imperative, 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Genitive, Singular; pronoun)

• ग्रहाः: planets (grahas)
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• नश्यन्तु: may (they) perish
• नश्यन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Imperative, 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada)

• दस्यवः: bandits
• दस्यवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• राष्ट्रे: in the kingdom
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सन्तु: may (they) be
• सन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Imperative, 3rd person, Plural; parasmaipada)

• निरापदः: free from calamity
• निरापदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva shrine with the devotee praying while the realm is shown protected: guards at gates, thieves fleeing, hostile figures subdued; above, the navagrahas appear calmed and benevolent.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied through the prayer-context)
• Grahāḥ (Navagraha concept)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s worship is linked with both personal harmony (favorable grahas) and social order (safety of the realm and people).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse expresses a universal protection-prayer within the Pradoṣa Śiva-pūjā context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual action is stated here; it functions as a supplicatory verse used alongside Śiva worship.