Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

विषमं न भवेत्तस्य न स गच्छेत्पराभवम् । न च विघ्नं भवेत्तस्य जनो जातिस्मरो भवेत्

Transliteration

viṣamaṃ na bhavettasya na sa gacchetparābhavam | na ca vighnaṃ bhavettasya jano jātismaro bhavet

Translation

അവനു ദുരിതം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല; അവൻ പരാജയത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുകയില്ല. അവനു വിഘ്നം ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല; ആ മനുഷ്യൻ പൂർവ്വജന്മസ്മരണയുള്ളവനായി മാറും.

Word by Word

• viṣamam: unevenness; adversity
• viṣamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

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

• bhavet: would be; may occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

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

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

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• gacchet: would go; would meet
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• parābhavam: defeat; downfall
• parābhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parābhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

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

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

• vighnam: obstacle
• vighnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• bhavet: would be; may occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

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

• janaḥ: person; people (a person)
• janaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• jātismaraḥ: one who remembers past births
• jātismaraḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāti-smara (प्रातिपदिक; जाति + स्मर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जात्या स्मरः = one who remembers (his) birth) (Masculine nominative singular)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; continuation of phalaśruti for Vināyaka devotion in Prabhāsa.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vināyaka-rakṣā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee walks unharmed through a thorny, uneven path that becomes smooth; shadowy ‘vighnas’ dissolve. Above, Vināyaka’s gaze grants a luminous thread of past-life remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Vighna (obstacles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Vināyaka is described as granting protection from downfall and obstacles, and even bestowing extraordinary insight (jātismara).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where these benefits are promised in the māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it states the results of the recommended remembrance/worship.