Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

गृहाण पूजां मे भक्त्या मातर्विघ्नजिता सह । नमोस्तु ते विश्वभुजे पूरयाशु मनोरथम्

Transliteration

gṛhāṇa pūjāṃ me bhaktyā mātarvighnajitā saha | namostu te viśvabhuje pūrayāśu manoratham

Translation

ഹേ മാതാവേ! വിഘ്നജിതയോടുകൂടെ ഭക്തിയോടെ ഞാൻ അർപ്പിച്ച പൂജ സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ. ഹേ വിശ്വഭുജാ! നമസ്കാരം; എന്റെ മനോരഥം शीഘ്രം നിറവേറ്റണമേ।

Word by Word

• gṛhāṇa: accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मम (my)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Manner/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/भावार्थे (with devotion)

• mātar: O Mother
• mātar: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• vighna-jitā: O conqueror of obstacles
• vighna-jitā: Sambodhana (Vocative epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + jit (प्रातिपदिक; √ji धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (vighnān jitā = conqueror of obstacles); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; mātar इत्यस्य विशेषण/अपellation

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with); सह-योगे तृतीया अपेक्षा

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; नमः-शब्दः दत्तिवाचकः; प्रायः चतुर्थी-सम्बन्धः

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘तुभ्यम्’ (to you)

• viśva-bhuje: to Viśvabhuja (the all-sustainer)
• viśva-bhuje: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (viśvasya bhoktṛ/धारकः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/सम्बोधन, एकवचन; te इत्यनेन सह चतुर्थी (to Viśvabhuja)

• pūraya: fulfil
• pūraya: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pṝ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्—‘पूरय’ (fulfil)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक (quickly)

• mano-ratham: (my) wish
• mano-ratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (manasaḥ rathaḥ = desire); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Devotee / Vrata-performer (prayer formula within Skanda’s instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a goddess icon: Viśvabhujā depicted as a radiant Mother with many arms (suggested by the epithet), with Vighnajitā as a smaller attendant figure; lamps and flowers surround the shrine; the devotee prays for swift fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Vighnajitā
• Viśvabhujā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion culminates in surrender: the devotee asks the Mother to accept worship and grant rightful aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prayer occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reflecting Kāśī’s living tradition of Devī-upāsanā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal concluding prayer (stuti) requesting acceptance of pūjā and fulfillment of vows/desires.