Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

नारिष्टं नापशकुनं दुर्निमित्तादिकं च यत् । सत्कृते विष्णुभक्ते च शालिग्रामशिलार्चने

Transliteration

nāriṣṭaṃ nāpaśakunaṃ durnimittādikaṃ ca yat | satkṛte viṣṇubhakte ca śāligrāmaśilārcane

Translation

വിഷ്ണുഭക്തനെ സത്കരിക്കുകയും ശാലിഗ്രാമശിലയെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നിടത്ത് അരിഷ്ടവും ഇല്ല, അപശകുനവും ഇല്ല, യാതൊരു ദുർനിമിത്തവും സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ariṣṭam: misfortune; ill-omen
• ariṣṭam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ariṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• apaśakunam: bad omen
• apaśakunam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apaśakuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• durnimitta-ādikam: evil signs and the like
• durnimitta-ādikam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + nimitta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (दुर्निमित्तं च तत् आदिकं च)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• yat: whatever; that which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• satkṛte: in/when (he is) honored; duly revered
• satkṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) + सम्/सत्)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं (contextual); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• viṣṇu-bhakte: in/for a devotee of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu-bhakte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः भक्तः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• śāligrāma-śilā-arcane: in the worship of the Śālagrāma stone
• śāligrāma-śilā-arcane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāligrāma (प्रातिपदिक) + śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शालिग्रामशिलायाः अर्चनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ / brāhmaṇas (implied audience of the discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vaiṣṇava household/temple in Dvārakā: Śālagrāma on a pedestal with tulasī leaves, lamps and incense; a devotee being respectfully welcomed; dark clouds/omens dissipating at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu-bhakta
• Śālagrāma-śilā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Revering Viṣṇu’s devotees and worshiping Śālagrāma establishes auspiciousness and dispels misfortune and negative omens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dvārakā Māhātmya, Vaiṣṇava worship norms are glorified; Śālagrāma worship is presented as universally auspicious within this sacred framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Satkāra (honoring) of Viṣṇu-bhaktas and arcana (worship) of the Śālagrāma-śilā.