Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

धर्मवर्त्मानुसरतां यो विघ्नं समुपाचरेत् । तस्यैव जायते विघ्नः प्रत्युत प्रेमवर्धिनि

Transliteration

dharmavartmānusaratāṃ yo vighnaṃ samupācaret | tasyaiva jāyate vighnaḥ pratyuta premavardhini

Translation

جو کوئی دھرم کے راستے پر چلنے والوں پر رکاوٹ ڈالنا چاہے، وہی رکاوٹیں اسی پر پلٹ آتی ہیں؛ بلکہ انجام کار یہ بھکتوں کی محبت اور استقامت ہی بڑھا دیتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• धर्मवर्त्मानुसरताम्: of those who follow the path of dharma
• धर्मवर्त्मानुसरताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-वर्त्म-अनुसरत् (प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘धर्मस्य वर्त्म’ इति तत्पुरुष + ‘अनुसरत्’ (following)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समुपाचरेत्: should inflict/bring about
• समुपाचरेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘आचरति’—‘would practice/bring about’

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विघ्नः: an obstacle
• विघ्नः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रत्युत: on the contrary
• प्रत्युत: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्युत (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विपरीतार्थक (on the contrary)

• प्रेमवर्धिनि: in (one) that increases love/affection
• प्रेमवर्धिनि: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेम-वर्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वर्धिन्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘प्रेम वर्धयति’—in (a situation) that increases affection

Speaker

Śiva (Hara / Vyomakeśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Participants in the episode (divine/royal court context implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dhārmika pilgrim or devotee continues worship despite attempted obstruction; the obstructer is ensnared by his own vighna while the devotee’s aura brightens with love and resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming the dharmic rebounds on the aggressor; trials faced by the righteous ultimately deepen devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī’s sanctified order—where dharma is upheld and hostile forces are self-defeating.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on moral causality (karma) and the resilience of dharmic living.