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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

गन्धपुष्पादिभिस्तत्र भक्ष्यैर्भोज्यैः समोदकैः । चतुर्मुखं चतुर्थ्यां तु संपूज्य सिद्धिभाग्भवेत्

gandhapuṣpādibhistatra bhakṣyairbhojyaiḥ samodakaiḥ | caturmukhaṃ caturthyāṃ tu saṃpūjya siddhibhāgbhavet

Dort, mit Düften, Blumen und dergleichen—samt Gaben von Süßigkeiten, Speisen und Getränken—wer Caturmukha verehrt, besonders am Caturthī (vierten Mondtag), wird teilhaftig an Siddhi und Erfüllung.

gandhapuṣpādibhiḥwith perfumes, flowers, etc.
gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgandha-puṣpa-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहारार्थे ‘ādi’; तत्पुरुषसमासः
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
bhakṣyaiḥwith edible offerings
bhakṣyaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन
bhojyaiḥwith foods (to be eaten)
bhojyaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhojya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन
samodakaiḥtogether with water
samodakaiḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa-udaka (प्रातिपदिक; सह + उदक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (with water); भक्ष्यैः/भोज्यैः इति विशेषण
caturmukhamCaturmukha (Vināyaka)
caturmukham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः
caturthyāmon the fourth (tithi)
caturthyām:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the fourth lunar day)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण/विरोध (particle: ‘indeed/but’)
saṃpūjyahaving worshipped
saṃpūjya:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam-pūj (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
siddhibhāka recipient of success
siddhibhāk:
Predicative (Subject complement/विशेष्यविशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootsiddhi-bhāj (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्धि + भाज्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः; ‘भाक्’ (possessor)
bhavetwould become
bhavet:
Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka

Type: kshetra

Scene: A four-faced Vināyaka is worshipped with perfumes, garlands, sweets, cooked foods, and refreshing drinks on Caturthī; devotees arrange offerings in orderly rows, lamps flicker, and the deity’s four faces suggest omnidirectional guardianship.

C
Caturmukha Vināyaka
C
Caturthī (tithi)

FAQs

Right time (Caturthī) and right offerings, joined with devotion, are celebrated as means to siddhi—successful completion of dharmic aims.

The Caturmukha Vināyaka shrine-site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

On Caturthī, worship Caturmukha Vināyaka with gandha, flowers, and food offerings (including modaka), to gain siddhi.