Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

द्वितीयावरणे काश्यामष्टावेते विनायकाः । उत्सादयेयुर्विघ्नौघान्काशी स्थितिनिवासिनाम्

Transliteration

dvitīyāvaraṇe kāśyāmaṣṭāvete vināyakāḥ | utsādayeyurvighnaughānkāśī sthitinivāsinām

Translation

カーシーの第二の守護の結界には、この八柱のヴィナーヤカがいる。彼らはカーシーに住み、そこに安住する者たちの障碍の群れを滅する。

Word by Word

• द्वितीयावरणे: in the second enclosure
• द्वितीयावरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्वितीयम् आवरणम् (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (विनायकाः)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संकेत/निर्देशक-विशेषण

• विनायकाः: Vināyakas
• विनायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• उत्सादयेयुः: would destroy/drive away
• उत्सादयेयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सादय् (धातु; causative of सद्/साद्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विघ्नौघान्: masses of obstacles
• विघ्नौघान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—विघ्नानाम् ओघाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• काशी: Kāśī
• काशी: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; (वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)

• स्थितिनिवासिनाम्: of the residents dwelling there
• स्थितिनिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः—स्थितौ निवासिनः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvitīya-āvaraṇa Aṣṭa-Vināyaka (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet devotional depiction of Kāśī as a mandala with a second ring containing eight Vināyakas at nodes; residents/pilgrims circumambulate, obstacles depicted as dark forms dissolving at the ring’s boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vināyakas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is safeguarded by structured divine protection; aligning with it removes accumulated obstacles on the path of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s dvitīya-āvaraṇa—its second sacred protective circuit—where eight Vināyakas are installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, honoring these Vināyakas within the circuit; the verse chiefly states their function of obstacle-removal.