Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यः कश्चित्प्रातरुत्थाय नाम चास्य ग्रही ष्यति । मंगल्यकरणे चाथ विघ्नं तस्य भविष्यति

Transliteration

yaḥ kaścitprātarutthāya nāma cāsya grahī ṣyati | maṃgalyakaraṇe cātha vighnaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati

Translation

ആരെങ്കിലും പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് അവന്റെ നാമം ഗ്രഹിച്ച് (ഉച്ചരിച്ച്) എടുക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, അവന്റെ മംഗളകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ തീർച്ചയായും വിഘ്നം സംഭവിക്കും.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kaścit: someone, anyone
• kaścit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done); ‘उत्थाय’ = having risen

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asya: of him/this (his)
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• grahīṣyati: will take/utter (take up)
• grahīṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• maṅgalya-karaṇe: in the auspicious rite/ceremony
• maṅgalya-karaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgalya (प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘माङ्गल्यस्य करणम्’ (act of auspicious rite)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• vighnam: obstacle
• vighnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaviṣyati: will be/occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (quoting the brāhmaṇa’s curse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dawn scene: a person rises, the atmosphere tense; the act of uttering a name is shown as releasing dark, knot-like ‘vighna’ forms that hover over ritual implements and auspicious decorations.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech (nāma-grahaṇa) is treated as spiritually potent; misaligned invocation can be framed as producing impediments in worldly rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Dharmarājeśvara-tīrtha māhātmya narrative explaining Dharmarāja-related beliefs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies a caution regarding morning nāma-grahaṇa of Dharmarāja in relation to maṅgalya-karaṇa (auspicious ceremonies), due to the curse.