Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

जप्यमेतत्प्रयत्नेन सततं मंगलार्थिना । अमंगलानां शमनं हरनारायणप्रियम

Transliteration

japyametatprayatnena satataṃ maṃgalārthinā | amaṃgalānāṃ śamanaṃ haranārāyaṇapriyama

Translation

Người cầu điều cát tường nên luôn tinh cần trì tụng câu này. Nó dập tắt mọi điều bất tường và được Hara (Śiva) cùng Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu) yêu mến.

Word by Word

• japyam: to be recited
• japyam: Kriya-sādhya (विधेय/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: japya (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from jap)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-भावे कर्मणि-योग्यतार्थक (gerundive: 'to be recited')

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prayatnena: with effort
• prayatnena: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• satataṃ: always
• satataṃ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satatam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• maṅgalārthinā: by one seeking auspiciousness
• maṅgalārthinā: Kartr̥-sahakārī (कर्ता-सम्बन्धी/Agent qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (maṅgalasya arthī = one who seeks auspiciousness)

• amaṅgalānām: of inauspicious things
• amaṅgalānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; नञ्-उपसर्गयुक्त

• śamanam: pacification
• śamanam: Karta/Phala (फल/Result; nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• hara-nārāyaṇa-priyam: dear to Hara and Nārāyaṇa
• hara-nārāyaṇa-priyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of śamanam/etat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara + nārāyaṇa + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषार्थः (harasya ca nārāyaṇasya ca priyam = dear to Hara and Nārāyaṇa)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devotee audience within Kāśī-māhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim seated on a Kāśī ghāṭa counting a mālā, with subtle dual iconography: Śiva’s trident and Viṣṇu’s conch appearing as protective emblems; dark clouds of misfortune dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Hara
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is cultivated through steady, sincere japa; devotion harmonizes sectarian divides by honoring what is dear to both Śiva and Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework, implying the sacred atmosphere and dharmic potency associated with Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constant japa (repetition/chanting) of “this” (the referenced mantra/phrase from the surrounding passage) with sustained effort.