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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तथान्योपि च तत्रास्ति विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः । गणनाथो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदो नृणाम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tathānyopi ca tatrāsti viśvāmitrapratiṣṭhitaḥ | gaṇanātho dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvasiddhiprado nṛṇām

Translation

Sūta dit : «De plus, il s’y trouve aussi une autre divinité établie par Viśvāmitra : Gaṇanātha. Ô meilleurs des brāhmanes, il accorde aux hommes toute réussite et accomplissement.»

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अन्यःanother
अन्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितःestablished by Viśvāmitra
विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वामित्र + प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त; √स्था/प्रति-स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ = स्थापितः; विशेषण
गणनाथःGaṇanātha (Lord of the gaṇas)
गणनाथः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगण + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
द्विजश्रेष्ठाःO best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
द्विजश्रेष्ठाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधनसदृश प्रयोगः (addressing the best of twice-born)
सर्वसिद्धिप्रदःgiver of all attainments
सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + सिद्धि + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṇanātha (Viśvāmitra-pratiṣṭhita) shrine within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta points out a Gaṇeśa shrine; Viśvāmitra is shown consecrating (pratiṣṭhā) Gaṇanātha; pilgrims receive blessings symbolizing siddhis.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Viśvāmitra
G
Gaṇanātha (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

Sacred sites often host multiple consecrated deities; devotion to Gaṇanātha is praised as a direct path to success and spiritual attainments.

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Viśvāmitrīya region where Viśvāmitra established Gaṇanātha.

No detailed ritual in this verse; it introduces the Gaṇanātha shrine and its siddhi-bestowing power.

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