Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

विघ्नापध्वंसनार्थाय दक्षिणद्वारसंस्थितम् । गणं संस्थापयामास तथान्याश्चैव देवताः

Transliteration

vighnāpadhvaṃsanārthāya dakṣiṇadvārasaṃsthitam | gaṇaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tathānyāścaiva devatāḥ

Translation

വിഘ്നനാശത്തിനായി അദ്ദേഹം തെക്കൻ കവാടത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന ഗണദേവതയെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ മറ്റു ദേവതകളെയും യഥാവിധി സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• विघ्न: obstacle
• विघ्न: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन-प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• अपध्वंसन: destruction/removal
• अपध्वंसन: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप + ध्वंस् (धातु) → अपध्वंसन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग), ‘-अन’ भाववाचक/क्रियावाचक

• अर्थाय: for the purpose
• अर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose)

• दक्षिण: southern/right
• दक्षिण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• द्वार: door/gate
• द्वार: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• संस्थितम्: situated/placed
• संस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दक्षिण-द्वार-संस्थितम्’ = दक्षिणद्वारे संस्थितम्

• गणम्: the group/gaṇa
• गणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संस्थापयामास: established/caused to be placed
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) (णिच्) → संस्थापयति; संस्थापयामास (तिङन्त)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• अन्याः: others (f.)
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘अन्या’ = other (fem.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle of emphasis)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated southern gateway of a sacred complex; a Gaṇa-deity is installed as guardian while other deities are placed in their stations; priests perform pratiṣṭhā with lamps, kalasha, and mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇa
• Devatāḥ
• Dakṣiṇa-dvāra (southern gate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious works should begin with vighna-śānti—establishing divine guardianship so that dharmic aims proceed unobstructed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest-region described in the Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa of the Brahmakhaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The स्थापना (installation) of a Gaṇa at the southern gateway as a vighna-apadhvaṁsana (obstacle-removing) measure.