Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रवायव्यदिग्भागे उद्दंडाख्यो गजाननः । उद्दंडानपि विघ्नौघान्भक्तानां दंडयेत्सदा

Transliteration

kṣetravāyavyadigbhāge uddaṃḍākhyo gajānanaḥ | uddaṃḍānapi vighnaughānbhaktānāṃ daṃḍayetsadā

Translation

In the north‑western quarter of the sacred field is the elephant‑faced one named Uddaṇḍa. Even unruly torrents of obstacles he ever chastises for the sake of devotees.

Word by Word

• kṣetra-vāyavya-dik-bhāge: in the north-western directional section of the kṣetra
• kṣetra-vāyavya-dik-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāyavya (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) + dik (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (क्षेत्रस्य वायव्यायां दिशि भागे)

• uddaṇḍākhyaḥ: named ‘Uddaṇḍa’
• uddaṇḍākhyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uddaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (आख्य/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उद्दण्ड इति आख्यः/नाम यस्य)

• gajānanaḥ: Gajānana (elephant-faced one)
• gajānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (गजस्य आननं यस्य)

• uddaṇḍān: insolent/violent
• uddaṇḍān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uddaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘insolent/overbearing’ (qualifying vighnaughān)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• vighna-oghān: floods/masses of obstacles
• vighna-oghān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (विघ्नानाम् ओघाः)

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• daṇḍayet: would punish
• daṇḍayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: daṇḍ (धातु) / daṇḍaya (णिजन्त-धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त ‘to punish/chastise’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uddaṇḍa‑Vināyaka (Uddaṇḍa‑Gajānana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Uddaṇḍa Gaṇeśa in the north‑west, dynamic posture, holding a staff/ankusha-like symbol of discipline; waves of obstacles personified as chaotic spirits being restrained; devotees stand behind him in safety.

Characters & Entities

• Uddaṇḍa-Vināyaka
• Gajānana (Gaṇeśa)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

For devotees, even powerful and chaotic hindrances are brought under divine discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Uddaṇḍa (Uddaṇḍa-Vināyaka) in the north‑west sector of Kāśī’s sacred kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the focus is on the protective function of this Vināyaka.