Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
यज्ञैरिष्टो हि देवेन्द्रो यथा स्वर्गप्रदः स्मृतः । शुद्धिकर्तृ यथा तोयं मृत्तिकाभस्मसंयुतम् । दहनात्मा यथा वह्निर्विघ्नहर्त्ता गणेश्वरः
yajñairiṣṭo hi devendro yathā svargapradaḥ smṛtaḥ | śuddhikartṛ yathā toyaṃ mṛttikābhasmasaṃyutam | dahanātmā yathā vahnirvighnaharttā gaṇeśvaraḥ
“યજ્ઞોથી પૂજાયેલ દેવೇಂದ್ರ ઇન્દ્ર સ્વર્ગ આપનાર તરીકે સ્મરાય છે; માટી અને ભસ્મ સાથેનું જળ શુદ્ધિકર્તા બને છે; અગ્નિનું સ્વરૂપ દહન છે; અને ગણેશ્વર વિઘ્નહર્તા છે…”
Narrator (contextual, continuing Viṣṇu’s reflection)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A didactic tableau: Indra receiving oblations at a yajña; a ritual vessel of water with clay and ash beside it; a bright sacrificial fire; Gaṇeśa standing as guardian removing obstacles—arranged as symbolic vignettes around the speaker’s thought.
FAQs
The cosmos is ordered by dharma: each deity and element has a recognized function—heaven through yajña, purification through sacred substances, and obstacle-removal through Gaṇeśa.
The broader passage belongs to the glorification of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, though this verse uses universal analogies rather than naming a sub-tīrtha.
Yajña-worship of Indra is referenced; purification through water with clay and ash is also described as a means of śuddhi.
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