Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

गृहस्थोऽपि च यो भक्त्या स्मरेत्कार्य उपस्थिते । अविघ्नं तस्य तत्सर्वं संसिद्धिमुपगच्छति

Transliteration

gṛhastho'pi ca yo bhaktyā smaretkārya upasthite | avighnaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ saṃsiddhimupagacchati

Translation

Kahit ang isang maybahay, kapag may gawaing dumarating at may debosyon na inaalaala si Vināyaka (Ganesha), ang lahat ng iyon ay umuusad nang walang hadlang at umaabot sa ganap na tagumpay.

Word by Word

• गृहस्थः: a householder
• गृहस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘householder’

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपवाद/समुच्चयार्थ)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘who’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘with devotion’

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should remember’

• कार्ये: in a task
• कार्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in (a) task/matter’

• उपस्थिते: when (it) is present
• उपस्थिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे) ‘when present/when it has arisen’; नपुंसक/पुं-समन्वयः (कार्ये सह)

• अविघ्नम्: unhindered
• अविघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘without obstacle(s)’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of him’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘that’ (referring to the matter)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘all’

• संसिद्धिम्: success
• संसिद्धिम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘success, accomplishment’

• उपगच्छति: attains
• उपगच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘attains/goes to’

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka (as Vighneśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at the threshold of a new undertaking—writing, trade, travel, or ritual—folds hands and remembers Vināyaka; obstacles dissolve symbolically as the path clears.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Gaṇeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa-smaraṇa is presented as practical dharma for householders, transforming duties into obstacle-free success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching arises in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka context, extending the site’s merit into daily life through remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Vināyaka at the moment a task begins.