Adhyaya 329
In this adhyāya, spoken by Īśvara, a renowned sacred spot in the Prabhāsa region is identified as “Uttamasthāna,” situated to the north of a referenced divine precinct, with its distance given in local measures. Further north, at a stated interval of twelve dhanu, stands Unnata Vighnarāja—an exalted form of Gaṇeśa—praised as the destroyer of all obstacles (sarva-pratyūha-nāśana). Worship is enjoined on the fourth lunar day (caturthī) with fragrant substances, fruits, and sweet offerings. The promised fruit is the granting of desired aims (vāñchita-kāma) and “victory across the three worlds,” offered as a phalaśruti-style assurance within the shrine-catalog of the section.
Shlokas
Verse 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अथोत्तरे देवकुलात्तत्र गव्यूतिमात्रतः । उत्तमस्थानमिति च प्रख्यातं धरणीतले
Īśvara said: Then, to the north of Devakula, at a distance of about one gavyūti, there is a place renowned on earth by the name “Uttamasthāna” (the Supreme Place).
Verse 2
तस्योत्तरे तु दिग्भागे धनुर्द्वादशकांतरे । उन्नतो विघ्नराजस्तु सर्वप्रत्यूहनाशनः
To the north of it, at a distance of twelve dhanu, stands the exalted Vighnarāja, the destroyer of all obstacles and impediments.
Verse 3
चतुर्थ्यां पूजितः सम्यक्सुगंधैः फलमोदकैः ददाति वांछितान्कामांस्त्रैलोक्ये विजयी भवेत्
When duly worshipped on the fourth lunar day (Caturthī) with fragrant offerings, fruits, and sweet modakas, he grants the desired wishes; and the devotee becomes victorious throughout the three worlds.
Verse 329
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां सप्तमे प्रभास खण्डे प्रथमे प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य उन्नतविनायकमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामैकोनत्रिंशदुत्तरत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends, in the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the Saṃhitā of eighty-one thousand (verses), in the seventh—Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa—within the first Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, the chapter entitled “The Description of the Greatness of Unnata Vināyaka,” being Chapter 329.