Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
यां सिद्धिं यः समीहेत स तामाप्नोति तन्नतेः । हिरण्यकशिपोर्लिंगं गणेशात्पश्चिमे ततः
yāṃ siddhiṃ yaḥ samīheta sa tāmāpnoti tannateḥ | hiraṇyakaśiporliṃgaṃ gaṇeśātpaścime tataḥ
जो जिस सिद्धि की कामना करता है, वह वहाँ (सिद्धिविनायक को) नमस्कार करके उसे प्राप्त कर लेता है। उस गणेश के पश्चिम में हिरण्यकशिपु का लिंग स्थित है।
Skanda
Tirtha: Siddhivināyaka; Hiraṇyakaśipu-liṅga (west)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees bow at a vermilion-smeared Siddhivināyaka idol; behind/left (westward) a small liṅga shrine labeled Hiraṇyakaśipu. The composition contrasts Gaṇeśa’s approachable grace with the austere liṅga sanctum.
FAQs
Humility and surrender (namaskāra) at Kāśī’s Vināyaka shrines is praised as a direct cause of ‘siddhi’—fulfilled aims aligned with dharma.
Siddhivināyaka and, to his west, the Hiraṇyakaśipu-liṅga.
Nati/namaskāra (bowing) to Siddhivināyaka for desired accomplishments.