Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

प्राच्या देहलिविघ्नेशात्कूश्मांडाख्यो विनायकः । पूजनीयः सदा भक्तेर्महोत्पात प्रशांतये

Transliteration

prācyā dehalivighneśātkūśmāṃḍākhyo vināyakaḥ | pūjanīyaḥ sadā bhaktermahotpāta praśāṃtaye

Translation

देहली-विघ्नेश से पूर्व दिशा में कूश्माण्ड नामक विनायक हैं। महान् उत्पातों और अशुभ उपद्रवों की शान्ति हेतु भक्त को उनका सदा पूजन करना चाहिए।

Word by Word

• prācyāḥ: from the eastern (direction)
• prācyāḥ: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prācī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; दिशावाचक-विशेषणम् (from the eastern)

• dehali-vighneśāt: from Dehalī-Vighneśa
• dehali-vighneśāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehalī + vighneśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देहल्याः/देहल्यां स्थितः विघ्नेशः)

• kūśmāṃḍākhyaḥ: named Kūśmāṇḍa
• kūśmāṃḍākhyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kūśmāṃḍa + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कूश्माण्ड इति आख्या यस्य/कूश्माण्ड-नामकः)

• vināyakaḥ: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pūjanīyaḥ: to be worshipped
• pūjanīyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjanīya (पूज्-धातु, अनीयर्/नीय-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नीय-प्रत्ययान्तः (to be worshipped)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (always)

• bhakteḥ: of devotion
• bhakteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mahotpāta-praśāṃtaye: for the pacification of great calamities
• mahotpāta-praśāṃtaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + utpāta + praśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महोत्पातस्य प्रशान्तिः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūśmāṇḍa-Vināyaka

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine of Kūśmāṇḍa-Vināyaka to the east of Dehalī-Vighneśa; devotees offer durvā and lamps, seeking pacification of ominous upheavals; the atmosphere is protective and calming.

Characters & Entities

• Dehalī-Vighneśa
• Kūśmāṇḍa Vināyaka
• Kāśī
• Vināyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of Vināyaka in Kāśī is presented as a dharmic remedy that calms fear, portents, and major misfortunes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The eastern sector of Kāśī’s protective circuit, specifically the locus of Kūśmāṇḍa Vināyaka near Dehalī-Vighneśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pūjā (worship) of Kūśmāṇḍa Vināyaka for mahotpāta-praśamana (appeasement of great calamities).