Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ॐ नमो विघ्नराजाय नमस्तेऽस्तु कपर्दिने । नमो महोग्रदंष्ट्राय प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिने

Transliteration

oṃ namo vighnarājāya namaste'stu kapardine | namo mahogradaṃṣṭrāya prabhāsakṣetravāsine

Translation

โอม—ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระวิฆนราชา; ขอนมัสการแด่ท่าน กปารทิน. ขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้มีงาอันดุร้ายยิ่ง ผู้สถิต ณ ประภาสกษेत्र.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Sambandha (Invocation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रणव (sacred syllable), अव्यय

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमः-शब्दः निपातवत् प्रयोगः; दत्तिविभक्त्यर्थे (used with dative)

• विघ्नराजाय: to Vighnarāja (lord over obstacles)
• विघ्नराजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (king of obstacles)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमः (salutation), अव्ययवत्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कपर्दिने: to Kapardin
• कपर्दिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमः (salutation), अव्ययवत्

• महोग्रदंष्ट्राय: to the great fierce-tusked one
• महोग्रदंष्ट्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उग्र + दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (very-fierce-tusked)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिने: to the dweller in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular); समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (dweller in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Speaker

Deductive (hymn/stotra voice within the narrative; reciter invoking Vighnarāja/Gaṇeśa in Prabhāsakṣetra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest at the threshold of Prabhāsa offers praṇāma; Gaṇeśa as Vighnarāja is invoked alongside a kṣetra-resident, Kapardin-associated presence; coastal light and temple silhouettes suggest Somnātha/Prabhāsa ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa)
• Kapardin
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional surrender (namaḥ) to the obstacle-lord aligns the pilgrim with protective divine power, especially in a sacred geography context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is explicitly named as the deity’s abode, emphasizing the kṣetra’s sanctity and divine presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-like salutation within a stotra: repeated obeisance to Vighnarāja as Prabhāsakṣetra-vāsin.