Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः स्मरेद्देवं विनायकम् । तस्य तद्दिनजातानि सिद्धिं कृत्यानि यांति हि
prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ smareddevaṃ vināyakam | tasya taddinajātāni siddhiṃ kṛtyāni yāṃti hi
Whoever rises in the morning and remembers the god Vināyaka—indeed, the undertakings that arise on that day attain success for that person.
Pulastya (deduced)
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A devotee rises at dawn, hands folded, mentally invoking Vināyaka; the day’s tasks—travel, trade, worship—appear as symbolic implements becoming auspicious.
FAQs
Beginning the day with Vināyaka-smaraṇa aligns one’s actions with auspiciousness and leads to siddhi in daily duties.
Though arising from the Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative, the verse universalizes the benefit as a daily discipline.
Prātaḥ-smaraṇa—remembering Vināyaka upon waking.