Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
विनायकेन स्कंदेन नंदिना सोमनंदिना । नैगमेयेन शाखेन विशाखेन बलीयसा
Transliteration
vināyakena skaṃdena naṃdinā somanaṃdinā | naigameyena śākhena viśākhena balīyasā
Translation
വിനായകൻ, സ്കന്ദൻ, നന്ദി, സോമനന്ദി, നൈഗമേയൻ, ശാഖ, ശക്തിമാൻ വിശാഖ—ഇവരാൽ.
Word by Word
विनायकेनby Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
विनायकेन:
Karana/सहकर्ता (agent in passive sense / by)
TypeNoun
Rootविनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
स्कंदेनby Skanda
स्कंदेन:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootस्कंद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नंदिनाby Nandin
नंदिना:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सोमनंदिनाby Somanandin
सोमनंदिना:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य नन्दी/सोमनन्दी)
नैगमेयेनby Naigameya
नैगमेयेन:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootनैगमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
शाखेनby Śākha
शाखेन:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विशाखेनby Viśākha
विशाखेन:
Karana/सहकर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootविशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
बलीयसाby the mightier one
बलीयसा:
Karana/सहकर्ता (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीयान्त-विशेषण (comparative sense: ‘stronger/mightier’)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A catalog of leading gaṇas: Vināyaka, Skanda, Nandin, Somanandin, Naigameya, Śākha, and mighty Viśākha—arrayed as a divine war-host.
Characters & Entities
V
VināyakaS
SkandaN
NandinS
SomanandinN
NaigameyaŚ
ŚākhaV
ViśākhaFAQs
Dharma is upheld through a divine community—Śiva’s ecosystem of powers (Gaṇas) acts in concert to protect sacred order.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; the verse lists divine protectors rather than a named tīrtha.
None in this verse.