Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

समुत्पन्ने महाकार्ये न स बुद्ध्या प्रहीयते । यः पठिष्यत्यदः स्तोत्रं वायव्याख्यं दिनेदिने

Transliteration

samutpanne mahākārye na sa buddhyā prahīyate | yaḥ paṭhiṣyatyadaḥ stotraṃ vāyavyākhyaṃ dinedine

Translation

മഹത്തായ കാര്യം ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുമ്പോൾ, ദിനംപ്രതി ‘വായവ്യ’ എന്ന ഈ സ്തോത്രം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ വിവേകബുദ്ധിയാൽ ഒരിക്കലും ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• समुत्पन्ने: when (it is) arisen/occurred
• समुत्पन्ने: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/पद्यते इति धातु, भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) विशेषणरूपेण

• महाकार्ये: in a great undertaking
• महाकार्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकार्य (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + कार्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• बुद्ध्या: by (his) intellect
• बुद्ध्या: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रहीयते: is abandoned / fails
• प्रहीयते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√हा (धातु; त्यागे)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is abandoned/declines')

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पठिष्यति: will recite/read
• पठिष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु; पठने)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अदः: this/that (here)
• अदः: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (demonstrative)

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वायव्याख्यम्: called/known as ‘Vāyavya’
• वायव्याख्यम्: कर्म (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायव्याख्य (प्रातिपदिक; वायव्य + आख्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of स्तोत्रम्)

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (idiom: day by day)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (context of Vāyavya-stotra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī at dawn, seated near a liṅga shrine, reciting the Vāyavya-stotra with a palm-leaf manuscript; behind, ghāṭ steps and temple spires suggest the sacred city’s protective ambience as a ‘great undertaking’ begins.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyavya Stotra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily devotion stabilizes the mind; dhārmic recitation preserves clarity and right judgment during major challenges.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī context, highlighting Śiva’s practical guidance for householders and seekers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dine-dine pāṭha—reciting the Vāyavya stotra every day.