Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
यः प्रत्यहं नमति ढुं ढिविनायकं त्वां काश्यां प्रगे प्रतिहताखिलविघ्नसंघः । नो तस्य जातु जगतीतलवर्ति वस्तु दुष्प्रापमत्र च परत्र च किंचनापि
yaḥ pratyahaṃ namati ḍhuṃ ḍhivināyakaṃ tvāṃ kāśyāṃ prage pratihatākhilavighnasaṃghaḥ | no tasya jātu jagatītalavarti vastu duṣprāpamatra ca paratra ca kiṃcanāpi
Whoever, every day at dawn in Kāśī, bows to You—Vināyaka invoked with the sacred sound “ḍhuṃ ḍhi”—has the entire multitude of obstacles completely checked. For that person, nothing whatsoever upon the earth is ever hard to obtain, either in this world or in the next.
Skanda
Tirtha: Ḍhuṃḍhivināyaka in Kāśī
Type: temple
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (not explicit)
Scene: At first light over the Gaṅgā, a devotee bows before Ḍhuṃḍhivināyaka; a ring of shattered obstacles lies behind, while pathways to success in this world and the next open ahead.
FAQs
Daily, disciplined devotion—especially at dawn—toward Vināyaka removes obstacles and supports success in both worldly aims and spiritual destiny.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is praised as the sacred setting where dawn-salutation to Vināyaka grants exceptional fruit (phala).
Prātaḥ (dawn) namaskāra—bowing daily to Vināyaka in Kāśī, with the mantra-bīja-like invocation “ḍhuṃ ḍhi,” as a practice for vighna-śamana (obstacle-removal).