Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

द्वितीयावरणे काश्यामष्टावेते विनायकाः । उत्सादयेयुर्विघ्नौघान्काशी स्थितिनिवासिनाम्

Transliteration

dvitīyāvaraṇe kāśyāmaṣṭāvete vināyakāḥ | utsādayeyurvighnaughānkāśī sthitinivāsinām

Translation

Im zweiten schützenden Umkreis von Kāśī sind diese acht Vināyakas. Sie vernichten die Scharen der Hindernisse für jene, die in Kāśī wohnen und dort fest gegründet bleiben.

Word by Word

• द्वितीयावरणे: in the second enclosure
• द्वितीयावरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्वितीयम् आवरणम् (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (विनायकाः)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संकेत/निर्देशक-विशेषण

• विनायकाः: Vināyakas
• विनायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• उत्सादयेयुः: would destroy/drive away
• उत्सादयेयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सादय् (धातु; causative of सद्/साद्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विघ्नौघान्: masses of obstacles
• विघ्नौघान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—विघ्नानाम् ओघाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• काशी: Kāśī
• काशी: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; (वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)

• स्थितिनिवासिनाम्: of the residents dwelling there
• स्थितिनिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः—स्थितौ निवासिनः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvitīya-āvaraṇa Aṣṭa-Vināyaka (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet devotional depiction of Kāśī as a mandala with a second ring containing eight Vināyakas at nodes; residents/pilgrims circumambulate, obstacles depicted as dark forms dissolving at the ring’s boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vināyakas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is safeguarded by structured divine protection; aligning with it removes accumulated obstacles on the path of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s dvitīya-āvaraṇa—its second sacred protective circuit—where eight Vināyakas are installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, honoring these Vināyakas within the circuit; the verse chiefly states their function of obstacle-removal.