Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

य इमां पठते नित्यं साधनेन विनापि च । तस्यापि सर्वविघ्नानि नश्यंति द्विजपुंगवाः

Transliteration

ya imāṃ paṭhate nityaṃ sādhanena vināpi ca | tasyāpi sarvavighnāni naśyaṃti dvijapuṃgavāḥ

Translation

O pinakamainam sa mga dvija: ang sinumang bumibigkas nito araw-araw, kahit walang pormal na sādhana, ay mawawasak ang lahat ng hadlang sa kanya.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• imām: this (hymn/verse)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इमाम् (this)

• paṭhate: recites/reads
• paṭhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• nityam: always, daily
• nityam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• sādhanena: by means of practice/means
• sādhanena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निषेधार्थक (preposition-like: without)

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: even)

• sarva-vighnāni: all obstacles
• sarva-vighnāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (all + obstacles)

• naśyanti: perish, disappear
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• dvija-puṃgavāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-puṃgavāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समास (dvijānāṃ puṃgavāḥ) संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (vocative sense)

Speaker

Implied narrator within Sūta’s discourse addressing sages/brāhmaṇas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijapuṅgava (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm reciter seated with palm-leaf manuscript; unseen obstacles dissolve like dark knots untied; a protective aura forms around the devotee as sages bless him.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily remembrance (nitya-pāṭha) itself becomes a dharmic force that dissolves obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is a general phalaśruti on recitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily recitation is prescribed; it explicitly says benefits arise even without elaborate sādhana.