Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शांतिः प्रशान्तिर्दीप्तिश्च प्रसादश्च यथाक्रमम् स । हजागंतुकामानां पापानां च प्रवर्तताम्

Transliteration

śāṃtiḥ praśāntirdīptiśca prasādaśca yathākramam sa | hajāgaṃtukāmānāṃ pāpānāṃ ca pravartatām

Translation

ความสงบ ความสงบลึกซึ้ง ความรุ่งเรืองสว่างไสว และความผ่องใสแห่งพระกรุณา ย่อมบังเกิดตามลำดับ; และด้วยเหตุนี้ บาปที่มีอยู่แล้วและบาปที่เกิดขึ้นใหม่ ย่อมถูกสกัดกั้นมิให้ดำเนินต่อไป

Word by Word

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रशान्तिः: great peace, tranquility
• प्रशान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दीप्तिः: radiance
• दीप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• प्रसादः: clarity, grace
• प्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथा-क्रमम्: Riti (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial: 'in due order')

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हज-अगन्तुक-अमानाम्: of those with sudden/accidental (…); text uncertain
• हज-अगन्तुक-अमानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हज (प्रातिपदिक; पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट) + अगन्तुक (प्रातिपदिक) + अमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासपद (पाठदोषसम्भावना—मूलपाठे अनिश्चित)

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• प्रवर्तताम्: let (them) proceed/occur
• प्रवर्तताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत्/√वर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (आज्ञार्थे/benedictive sense: 'let them proceed/occur')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four-stage aura around a meditator: cool calm (śānti), deeper stillness (praśānti), golden radiance (dīpti), and clear luminous grace (prasāda); dark arrows labeled ‘pāpa’ halted at the boundary of the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śānti
• Praśānti
• Dīpti
• Prasāda
• Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prāṇāyāma culminates in successive inner refinements—peace, deeper peace, radiance, and serene clarity—while curbing sinful tendencies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights inner merit and purification rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is specified; it lists the progressive fruits associated with disciplined prāṇāyāma.