Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सम्यगुच्चार्य विघ्नानां ततो नाशं प्रपद्यते । ग्रहाः सौम्यत्वमायांति भूता नश्यंति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

samyaguccārya vighnānāṃ tato nāśaṃ prapadyate | grahāḥ saumyatvamāyāṃti bhūtā naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

सम्यगुच्चारितेषु तेषु विघ्नानां ततः नाशः प्रजायते। ग्रहाः सौम्यभावं यान्ति, भूतप्रेतादयश्च तत्क्षणादेव विनश्यन्ति॥

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• उच्चार्य: having recited/uttered
• उच्चार्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+चर् (धातु) → उच्चार्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having uttered'

• विघ्नानाम्: of obstacles
• विघ्नानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (masculine, genitive plural)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल/हेतुअर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'then/thereupon/from that')

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• प्रपद्यते: attains/undergoes
• प्रपद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• ग्रहाः: planets/seizing forces
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

• सौम्यत्वम्: gentleness/benignity
• सौम्यत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौम्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक; सौम्य + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• आयान्ति: become/come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 3rd pl)

• भूताः: spirits/beings
• भूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (masculine nominative plural; 'beings/spirits')

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 3rd pl)

• तत्क्षणात्: instantly
• तत्क्षणात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत् (indeclinable: 'immediately/from that moment')

Speaker

Deductively: a Purāṇic narrator/instructor addressing a king (promise of phala/benefit)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A focused devotee recites before Vināyaka; around him, dark vighnas dissolve, planetary deities soften their gaze, and bhūtas flee instantly; the atmosphere turns auspicious and calm.

Characters & Entities

• vighna (obstacles)
• graha (planetary forces)
• bhūta (spirits)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right recitation with faith and correctness transforms adversity—removing obstacles and restoring harmony in seen and unseen forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general phala-śruti within the Arbuda-kṣetra teaching context rather than naming a single new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensure precise pronunciation/recitation of the prescribed mantras; the stated result is obstacle-destruction, graha pacification, and immediate dispelling of bhūtas.