Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येद्विघ्नेशं पापनाशनम् । गजकुंभोदरं नाम सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedvighneśaṃ pāpanāśanam | gajakuṃbhodaraṃ nāma sarvasiddhipradāyakam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Eben dort soll man Vighneśa schauen, den Vernichter der Sünden—bekannt als Gajakuṃbhodara—der alle Vollkommenheiten verleiht.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• saṃsthitam: situated/standing
• saṃsthitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-sthā (धातु) (क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषणम् (qualifying the object)

• paśyet: one should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vighneśam: Vighneśa (Lord of obstacles)
• vighneśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighneśa (प्रातिपदिक; विघ्न + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• pāpa-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to vighneśam)

• gaja-kuṃbha-udaram: Gajakuṃbhodara (elephant-pot-bellied)
• gaja-kuṃbha-udaram: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja-kuṃbha-udara (प्रातिपदिक; गज + कुम्भ + उदर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम (appellative)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (name-indicator)

• sarva-siddhi-pradāyakam: bestower of all accomplishments
• sarva-siddhi-pradāyakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-siddhi-pradāyaka (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रदायक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to vighneśam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vighneśa-sthāna at Prabhāsa (near Puṣkara-kuṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the interlocutor in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact shrine of Gaṇeśa; the deity depicted with elephant head and prominent pot-belly (‘Gajakuṃbhodara’), devotees offering durvā and sweets; coastal Prabhāsa ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• Gajakuṃbhodara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage includes darśana of associated deities: Gaṇeśa removes sin and grants success, safeguarding the devotee’s dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Vighneśa shrine situated within the same Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage circuit (in the Puṣkara-kuṇḍa vicinity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding) of Vighneśa is prescribed as a meritorious act yielding pāpa-nāśa and sarva-siddhi.