Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यन्नामग्रहणादेव केपि वाधां न कुर्वते । यदाधारेण तिष्ठंति भुवनानि चतुर्दश

Transliteration

yannāmagrahaṇādeva kepi vādhāṃ na kurvate | yadādhāreṇa tiṣṭhaṃti bhuvanāni caturdaśa

Translation

Chỉ cần xưng niệm danh Ngài, mọi chướng ngại đều chẳng thể xâm phạm. Nương nơi Ngài mà mười bốn cõi thế gian được an trụ vững bền.

Word by Word

• यत्: whose
• यत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object within compound sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• ग्रहणात्: from taking/uttering
• ग्रहणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: just/only)

• के: some (people)
• के: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle: even/also)

• वाधाम्: obstruction, harm
• वाधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• कुर्वते: do, cause
• कुर्वते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); आत्मनेपदम्

• यत्: whose
• यत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आधारेण: by support, as the basis
• आधारेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, exist
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• भुवनानि: worlds
• भुवनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनस्य विशेषणम् (qualifies 'bhuvanāni')

Speaker

Dhūtapāpā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the fourteen worlds stacked in traditional purāṇic cosmology rest upon a radiant Śiva-principle; in the foreground, a devotee chants the name, and dark knots of obstacles unravel into light.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūtapāpā
• Caturdaśa-bhuvana (fourteen worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-japa (remembrance of the divine name) is portrayed as a powerful refuge that dispels obstacles and connects one to the cosmic support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is identified in this verse; it emphasizes the universal potency of the praised being’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-grahaṇa/nāma-japa—taking or chanting the name—as a means to remove impediments.