Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

किञ्चिदीशानदिग्भागे धनुषां च चतुष्टये । तं प्रयत्नाच्च संपूज्य सर्वविघ्नैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

kiñcidīśānadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ ca catuṣṭaye | taṃ prayatnācca saṃpūjya sarvavighnaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Ở hơi chếch về phương đông-bắc, cách bốn tầm cung; ai chí thành nỗ lực thờ phụng Ngài thì được giải thoát khỏi mọi chướng ngại.

Word by Word

• kiñcit: a little (distance)
• kiñcit: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiñcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाणवाचक (adverb: ‘a little/somewhat’)

• īśānadigbhāge: in the northeastern direction/part
• īśānadigbhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna-dik-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (īśāna direction = northeast)

• dhanuṣām: of bows (as a measure)
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• catuṣṭaye: at a fourfold measure (four bows)
• catuṣṭaye: Adhikarana/Parimana (Measure-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (a set of four)

• tam: him/that (Vināyaka)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prayatnāt: with effort, carefully
• prayatnāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (ablative of cause/means)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having worshipped)

• sarvavighnaiḥ: from all obstacles
• sarvavighnaiḥ: Apadana (Separation-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka (implied by chapter context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa walks toward the north-eastern quarter, counting a short measured distance, then offers reverent worship at a small shrine; the atmosphere suggests obstacles dissolving as the deity’s grace radiates outward.

Characters & Entities

• Caturmukha Vināyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dedicated worship of Vināyaka is portrayed as the dharmic remedy for vighnas (obstacles), aligning effort with divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Caturmukha Vināyaka’s spot in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, indicated in the north-east direction from the referenced point.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform careful pūjā (saṃpūjya) of Vināyaka; the promised fruit is freedom from all obstacles.