Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

गणाधिप नमस्तेस्तु उमापुत्राघनाशन । विनायकेशपुत्रोति सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक

Transliteration

gaṇādhipa namastestu umāputrāghanāśana | vināyakeśaputroti sarvasiddhipradāyaka

Translation

O Gaṇādhipa, dir seien meine Verneigungen — o Sohn der Umā, Vernichter der Sünde; o Vināyaka, „Sohn des Īśa“; Spender aller Vollkommenheiten und Siddhis.

Word by Word

• गणाधिप: O Lord of the gaṇas
• गणाधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘गणानाम् अधिपः’)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक interjection)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sampradāna/Recipient (To you/तुभ्यमर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धा॒तु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उमापुत्र: O son of Umā
• उमापुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘उमायाः पुत्रः’)

• अघनाशन: O destroyer of sin
• अघनाशन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘अघस्य नाशनः’)

• विनायक: O Vināyaka
• विनायक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• ईशपुत्र: O son of Īśa (Śiva)
• ईशपुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘ईशस्य पुत्रः’)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक particle)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक: O giver of all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सर्वासां सिद्धीनां प्रदायकः’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) giving the nāma-mantras (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas/participants being instructed (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or deva assembly offers salutations to Gaṇeśa while the names are spoken; Gaṇeśa appears as radiant Umā’s son, blessing with abhaya and siddhi-mudrā.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Umā
• Īśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa is invoked as the remover of sin and the giver of siddhi; humility (namas) precedes attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a site-stuti; it is a nāma-based invocation within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s worship instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of Gaṇeśa’s names/titles as part of pūjā (daśa-nāma sequence begins here).