Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

यथा न शून्यं शयनं गृह भंगः प्रजायते । सर्वशत्रुविनाशश्च तत्प्रसादेन वासव

Transliteration

yathā na śūnyaṃ śayanaṃ gṛha bhaṃgaḥ prajāyate | sarvaśatruvināśaśca tatprasādena vāsava

Translation

ശയ്യ ശൂന്യമാകാതിരിക്കാനും ഗൃഹഭംഗം സംഭവിക്കാതിരിക്കാനും; അവന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ, ഹേ വാസവ, സർവ്വശത്രുക്കളുടെയും നാശവും ഉണ്ടാകും।

Word by Word

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक (as/so that)

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

• शून्यम्: empty
• शून्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘शयनम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शयनम्: bed, sleeping-place
• शयनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• गृह: of the house
• गृह: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-भावे)

• भङ्गः: ruin, breakage
• भङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘प्रजायते’ इत्यस्य कर्ता

• प्रजायते: arises/occurs
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वशत्रुविनाशः: destruction of all enemies
• सर्वशत्रुविनाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-शत्रु-विनाश (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + शत्रु + विनाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां शत्रूणां विनाशः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• तत्प्रसादेन: by his grace
• तत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य प्रसादः)

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vāsava/Indra (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-prince (Indra/Vāsava) stands before Viṣṇu; behind him a symbolic household—lamp, granary, and a bed with paired pillows—signifying ‘aśūnya-śayana’; in the periphery, subdued hostile figures represent ‘sarva-śatru-vināśa’.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Vāsava)
• Viṣṇu (implied by tat-prasāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace safeguards both inner and outer life—marital harmony, household stability, and victory over hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider context points to Viṣṇu’s Kṣīrābdhi abode; this verse focuses on the promised results rather than a local tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The promised fruits of the Aśūnyaśayana Vrata are stated: preventing śūnya-śayana (emptiness of bed), avoiding gṛha-bhaṅga (household ruin), and attaining sarva-śatru-vināśa (destruction of enemies).