Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
जाने विघ्नानसंख्यातान्विनिहंतुमनेकधा । क्षेत्रस्यास्य महाभाग नानारूपैरिहस्थितः
jāne vighnānasaṃkhyātānvinihaṃtumanekadhā | kṣetrasyāsya mahābhāga nānārūpairihasthitaḥ
ಹೇ ಮಹಾಭಾಗ! ಅಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ ವಿಘ್ನಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದೇನೆ; ಈ ಪುಣ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (ಕಾಶೀ)ದ ಹಿತಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನಾವಿಧವಾಗಿ ಸಂಹರಿಸಲು ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ರೂಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.
Gaṇeśa (Dhūṇḍhirāja), as praised/described within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue (Skanda-to-Agastya context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general protective mahatmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed 'mahābhāga' interlocutor; devas are also invited to listen
Scene: A protective deity speaks within Kāśī, declaring knowledge of innumerable vighnas and his many stationed forms guarding the kṣetra; the city’s ghāṭas and temples appear as a sacred mandala under watch.
FAQs
In a holy kṣetra like Kāśī, divine presence actively removes impediments for sincere seekers.
Kāśī Kṣetra (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred field protected by divine forces.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes Gaṇeśa’s protective, obstacle-removing role in the kṣetra.