Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा पूज्यतमो हि सः । कपर्द्दी सर्वदेवानामाद्यो विघ्नेश्वरः प्रभुः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yathā pūjyatamo hi saḥ | kaparddī sarvadevānāmādyo vighneśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
ईश्वर बोले—हे देवी, सुनो; मैं बताता हूँ कि वह कैसे सर्वाधिक पूज्य है। कपर्द्दी समस्त देवताओं में आद्य प्रभु विघ्नेश्वर हैं।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kaparddī (Vighneśvara) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara answers Devī: Kaparddī is the primordial Vighneśvara, most worthy of worship among gods—explaining why he is approached first.
FAQs
The remover-governor of obstacles is honored first because he presides over the successful commencement of all sacred acts.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the teaching is embedded within the Someśvara-centered Māhātmya narrative.
Worship begins with Kaparddī/Vighneśvara as the foremost deity to be honored at the start of rites.
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