Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रस्य पश्चिमे भागे स देहलिविनायकः । सर्वान्निवारयेद्विघ्नान्भक्तानां नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

kṣetrasya paścime bhāge sa dehalivināyakaḥ | sarvānnivārayedvighnānbhaktānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Im westlichen Teil des heiligen Kṣetra ist Dehalī-Vināyaka. Er wehrt alle Hindernisse von den Bhaktas ab — daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• kṣetrasya: of the sacred area (kṣetra)
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• paścime: in the western
• paścime: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the western’ (agreeing with bhāge)

• bhāge: in the part/section
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dehali-vināyakaḥ: Dehalī-vināyaka (threshold-gate Vināyaka)
• dehali-vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehalī (प्रातिपदिक) + vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देहल्याः/देहल्यां सम्बन्धी विनायकः)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘all’ (qualifying vighnān)

• nivārayet: would ward off/prevent
• nivārayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛ (वृ धातु) / nivāraya (णिजन्त-धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘to ward off’

• vighnān: obstacles
• vighnān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dehalī‑Vināyaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A western gate/threshold of Kāśī symbolically framed; Dehalī‑Vināyaka sits at the lintel-like shrine niche, devotees crossing with offerings; obstacles depicted as shadowy forms dissolving at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Dehalī-Vināyaka
• Kāśī
• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) draws Gaṇeśa’s grace, by which obstacles (vighnas) are removed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dehalī-Vināyaka located in the western sector of the Kāśī sacred precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse promises vighna-nivāraṇa for bhaktas.