Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्य तव विघ्नेन समूलं तस्य नश्यति । येषां न पूज्याः पूज्यंते क्रोधासत्यपराश्च ये

Transliteration

putrasya tava vighnena samūlaṃ tasya naśyati | yeṣāṃ na pūjyāḥ pūjyaṃte krodhāsatyaparāśca ye

Translation

因你之子毗伽尼舍（Vighneśa）所设之障，他们将从根本被毁灭——把不配者当作应敬而礼拜者，以及沉溺于嗔怒与虚妄者。

Word by Word

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विघ्नेन: by an obstacle
• विघ्नेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समूलम्: root and all; completely
• समूलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समूल (प्रातिपदिक; स + मूल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्राय (adverbial accusative)

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• पूज्याः: (those who are) worthy of worship
• पूज्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् + यत्, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-यत् (gerundive: 'to be worshipped')

• पूज्यन्ते: are worshipped
• पूज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• क्रोधासत्यपराः: devoted to anger and untruth
• क्रोधासत्यपराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + असत्य + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (क्रोधे असत्ये च पराः = devoted to anger and falsehood)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

Speaker

Śiva to Umā/Pārvatī (deduced from immediate context: Umā responds in the next verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Girijā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes with a sharp ethical criterion: Vighneśa’s vighna uproots those who invert values (worship the unworthy) and those devoted to anger and falsehood—moral inversion leading to total ruin.

Characters & Entities

• Umā (implied)
• Śiva (implied)
• Vighneśa (as 'your son')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma—such as honoring the unworthy and clinging to anger and untruth—invites root-level ruin through divinely sanctioned obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches moral causality (karma-phala) under Vighneśa’s governance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, one must revere the truly worthy (pūjya) and cultivate satya and kṣamā; no specific vrata or dāna is detailed.