Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

वक्रतुंड गणाध्यक्ष समीपे सोपतिष्ठते । तद्दर्शनादर्चनाच्च करस्थाः सर्वसिद्धयः

Transliteration

vakratuṃḍa gaṇādhyakṣa samīpe sopatiṣṭhate | taddarśanādarcanācca karasthāḥ sarvasiddhayaḥ

Translation

വക്രതുണ്ടൻ എന്ന ഗണാധ്യക്ഷൻ സമീപത്തുതന്നെ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ദർശനവും അർച്ചനയും ചെയ്താൽ എല്ലാ സിദ്ധികളും കൈവശമാകും.

Word by Word

• vakratuṃḍa: O Vakratuṇḍa (curved-trunked one)
• vakratuṃḍa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vakra + tuṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• gaṇādhyakṣa: O leader of the gaṇas
• gaṇādhyakṣa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa + adhyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• samīpe: near, in the vicinity
• samīpe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• upatiṣṭhate: stands near, attends
• upatiṣṭhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: from that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘दर्शनात्’ इति विशेषण

• darśanāt: from seeing (him/that)
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन

• arcanāt: from worship
• arcanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• karasthāḥ: present in (one’s) hand, at hand
• karasthāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सर्वसिद्धयः’ इति विशेषण

• sarvasiddhayaḥ: all accomplishments, all siddhis
• sarvasiddhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vakratuṇḍa (Gaṇādhyakṣa) shrine near Tripurāntaka (implied)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vakratuṇḍa Gaṇeśa stands/abides close by; devotees gain ‘all siddhis’ through darśana and worship—depict hands receiving boons, obstacles dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Vakratuṇḍa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa’s proximity and worship in Kāśī symbolizes swift grace—siddhis are described as easily attainable through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Vakratuṇḍa (Gaṇeśa) presence/shrine situated nearby within the Kāśī sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana and arcana (worship) of Vakratuṇḍa Gaṇeśa.