Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

कौबेर्यामेकदशनात्सिंहतुंडो विनायकः । उपसर्गगजान्हंति वाराणसि निवासिनाम्

Transliteration

kauberyāmekadaśanātsiṃhatuṃḍo vināyakaḥ | upasargagajānhaṃti vārāṇasi nivāsinām

Translation

Im nördlichen Bezirk Kuberas, von Ekadaśana her, weilt der Vināyaka Siṃhatuṇḍa. Er vernichtet die „Elefanten“ des Unheils—gewaltige, niederdrückende Drangsale—für die Bewohner von Vārāṇasī.

Word by Word

• kauberyām: in the Kauberī (Kubera's) direction
• kauberyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauberī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; दिशिवाचक (कुबेर-दिक् = उत्तर)

• ekadaśanāt: from Ekadaśana (one-tusked)
• ekadaśanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + daśana (प्रातिपदिक; एकदशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकं दशनं यस्य)

• siṃhatuṃḍaḥ: Siṃhatuṇḍa
• siṃhatuṃḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + tuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिंह-तुण्डः)

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

• upasarga-gajān: elephants in the form of afflictions/obstacles
• upasarga-gajān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upasarga (प्रातिपदिक) + gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/object), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः (उपसर्गरूपाः गजाः)

• hanti: destroys; strikes down
• hanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• vārāṇasi: in Vārāṇasī
• vārāṇasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāṇasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण) अपेक्षिता; पाठे अव्ययवत्/स्थाननामरूपेण प्रयोगः (locative sense)

• nivāsinām: of the residents
• nivāsinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nivāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siṃhatuṇḍa Vināyaka (north/Kubera quarter), near Ekadaśana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable Vināyaka with ‘lion-like trunk’ (Siṃhatuṇḍa) stands in the northern quarter, trampling or subduing elephant-shaped calamities; Kāśī residents gather seeking protection, with city temples in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Siṃhatuṇḍa Vināyaka
• Ekadaśana
• Vārāṇasī
• Kubera (directional reference)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa’s grace is portrayed as powerful enough to crush even the largest troubles—symbolized as ‘elephants’ of calamity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A northern (Kaubera) Vināyaka station associated with Ekadaśana and the form Siṃhatuṇḍa, within Vārāṇasī’s sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is given; the verse emphasizes the protective fruit for Vārāṇasī’s inhabitants through this Vināyaka’s presence.