Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ग्रहा धिष्ण्या न पीड्यंते सत्यंसत्यं वरानने । सांगं रुद्रजपं तत्र कृत्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

grahā dhiṣṇyā na pīḍyaṃte satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane | sāṃgaṃ rudrajapaṃ tatra kṛtvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

เคราะห์ทั้งหลายพร้อมทั้งฐานะของมันย่อมไม่เบียดเบียน—จริงแท้ จริงแท้ นะแม่ผู้พักตร์งาม ผู้ใดกระทำรุดรชปะอย่างครบถ้วนพร้อมองค์ประกอบ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมหลุดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ग्रहाः: planets/seizing spirits
• ग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• धिष्ण्याः: (as) abodes/seat-deities
• धिष्ण्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; (ग्रहाः धिष्ण्याः) समानाधिकरण-विशेषणभावः

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

• पीड्यन्ते: are afflicted/tormented
• पीड्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Assertion/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे/निपातरूपेण प्रयोगः; वाक्ये प्रमाणार्थक-निपात (assertive)

• सत्यम्: truly (indeed)
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Assertion/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थक निपातप्रयोगः

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

• साङ्गम्: with all its parts/with auxiliaries
• साङ्गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; अव्ययीभावः (स-अङ्गम् = with limbs/with auxiliaries)

• रुद्रजपम्: recitation of Rudra (mantra)
• रुद्रजपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य जपः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (पापैः = पापेभ्यः)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator (note: vocative 'varānane' suggests an addressed listener within the narrative, though the chapter also addresses a king elsewhere)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-majjana (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānana (fair-faced one; likely a female interlocutor within the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated near the tīrtha, performing Rudra-japa with rosary; a protective mandala of nine grahas above becomes calm; the narrator emphatically repeats ‘truth, truth’ to reassure a fair-faced listener.

Characters & Entities

• Grahāḥ
• Dhiṣṇya
• Rudra
• Rudra-japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva mantra-practice, performed rightly and in a sanctified place, brings inner purification and outer protection from adverse influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ indicates the praised tīrtha-context of Dharmāraṇya—especially the Deva-majjana bathing spot referenced just prior.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform sāṃga Rudra-japa (Rudra recitation with its full ancillary components) at the tīrtha for pāpa-kṣaya and graha-śānti.