Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

विघ्नकारीणि तद्गेहे यत्रैव संस्तुवंति माम् । दुःस्वप्नं च न पश्येत्स बद्धो मुच्यते बंधनात्

Transliteration

vighnakārīṇi tadgehe yatraiva saṃstuvaṃti mām | duḥsvapnaṃ ca na paśyetsa baddho mucyate baṃdhanāt

Translation

ငါ့ကို ချီးမွမ်းသံတော်ဆင်သော အိမ်၌ အတားအဆီး မပေါ်ပေါက်။ မကောင်းသော အိပ်မက် မမြင်ရ၊ ချည်နှောင်ခံရသူလည်း ချည်နှောင်မှုမှ လွတ်မြောက်မည်။

Word by Word

• vighna-kārīṇi: obstacle-causing (things)
• vighna-kārīṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tad-gehe: in that house
• tad-gehe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• saṃstuvanti: praise, extol
• saṃstuvanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√stu (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• duḥsvapnam: bad dream
• duḥsvapnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥsvapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

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

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• baddhaḥ: bound
• baddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bandh (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mucyate: is released
• mucyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• bandhanāt: from bondage
• bandhanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context; narrative voice likely Sūta reporting)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee/sage interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household gathers to sing Skanda’s praise; obstacles symbolized as broken chains and dissipating dark clouds; a sleeper rests peacefully without nightmares; a bound person’s shackles open by divine light.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household devotion (gṛha-bhakti) is described as a shield that dissolves obstacles, fear, and even conditions of bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is specified; the focus is on the sanctification of the home through praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Congregational or regular praise/recitation in the home as a vighna-nivṛtti (obstacle-removal) practice.