Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

विनायक इति श्रीमान्पूज्यस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनाम् । सर्वेषां देवमुख्यानां बभूव हि विनायकः

Transliteration

vināyaka iti śrīmānpūjyastrailokyavāsinām | sarveṣāṃ devamukhyānāṃ babhūva hi vināyakaḥ

Translation

حقًّا كان ذا مجدٍ، فاشتهر باسم «فينايَكا»، مستحقًّا للعبادة لدى سكان العوالم الثلاثة؛ وبين جميع الآلهة العظام صار فينايَكا الأسمى منزلةً.

Word by Word

• vināyakaḥ: Vināyaka
• vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Nipata (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): ‘thus/so called’

• śrīmān: glorious; illustrious
• śrīmān: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘vināyakaḥ’)

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु))
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/नीयतार्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘worthy of worship’

• trailokyavāsinām: of the dwellers of the three worlds
• trailokyavāsinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-lokya-vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘त्रैलोक्ये वासिनः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘devamukhyānām’)

• devamukhyānām: of the chief gods
• devamukhyānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव): ‘देवानां मुख्यानि/मुख्याः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘indeed/for’

• vināyakaḥ: Vināyaka (as leader)
• vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka (as kshetra-presiding auspicious deity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vināyaka stands glorious, newly named and acclaimed; devas of all ranks bow, acknowledging him as preeminent and universally worship-worthy across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Devas
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vināyaka is established as universally worship-worthy, indicating his role as foremost remover of obstacles and granter of auspicious beginnings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a theological proclamation within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit is pūjā (worship) of Vināyaka; no step-by-step ritual is detailed.