Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यः पश्यति गणेशं च स्वर्गद्वारप्रदं नृणाम् । सर्वे विनायकास्तेन दृष्टाः स्युर्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yaḥ paśyati gaṇeśaṃ ca svargadvārapradaṃ nṛṇām | sarve vināyakāstena dṛṣṭāḥ syurnātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wer Gaṇeśa schaut—den Spender des Himmelstores für die Menschen—von dem gilt, dass er alle Vināyakas gesehen hat; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• गणेशम्: Gaṇeśa
• गणेशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• स्वर्गद्वारप्रदम्: giver of the gate to heaven
• स्वर्गद्वारप्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग + द्वार + प्रद (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying 'गणेशम्')

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying 'विनायकाः')

• विनायकाः: Vināyakas (forms of Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of 'दृष्टाः')
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्टाः: (are) seen
• दृष्टाः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्युः: would be/are (indeed)
• स्युः: Kriya (क्रिया/Auxiliary)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: no/not
• न: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of implied 'is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāraprada Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience; not specified in this verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact Gaṇeśa shrine at the entrance of a sacred complex; devotees touch the threshold, offer durvā and modaka; the doorway behind him glows symbolically as ‘svarga-dvāra’.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Vināyaka
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Gaṇeśa at a tīrtha is portrayed as universally complete—equivalent to seeing all Vināyakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the same tīrtha-context of Adhyāya 152, praising deity-darśana at that pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act prescribed is darśana (reverent beholding) of Gaṇeśa.