Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

उद्दंडाख्याद्गणपतेराशुशुक्षणिदिक्स्थितः । महाप्रसिद्धः संपूज्यो भक्तैर्मुंडविनायकः

Transliteration

uddaṃḍākhyādgaṇapaterāśuśukṣaṇidiksthitaḥ | mahāprasiddhaḥ saṃpūjyo bhaktairmuṃḍavināyakaḥ

Translation

ഉദ്ദണ്ഡനാമ ഗണപതിയിൽ നിന്ന് ആśuśukṣaṇī ദിശയിൽ മുണ്ഡ-വിനായകൻ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹം മഹാപ്രസിദ്ധൻ; ഭക്തർ പൂർണ്ണ ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിക്കേണ്ടവൻ.

Word by Word

• uddaṃḍākhyāt: from (the one) named Uddaṇḍa
• uddaṃḍākhyāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uddaṃḍa + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (उद्दण्ड इति आख्या यस्य/उद्दण्ड-नामकात्)

• gaṇapateḥ: of Gaṇapati
• gaṇapateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇapati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (quickly)

• śukṣaṇi-dik-sthitaḥ: situated in the Śukṣaṇī direction
• śukṣaṇi-dik-sthitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukṣaṇi + diś + sthita (स्था-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (स्थित); तत्पुरुषः (शुक्षण्यां दिशि स्थितः)

• mahāprasiddhaḥ: very renowned
• mahāprasiddhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + prasiddha (प्रातिपदिक/क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् प्रसिद्धः)

• saṃpūjyaḥ: to be duly worshipped
• saṃpūjyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ + pūjya (पूज्-धातु, यत्-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-यत्-प्रत्ययान्तः (fully/especially to be worshipped)

• bhaktaiḥ: by devotees
• bhaktaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• muṃḍa-vināyakaḥ: Muṇḍa-Vināyaka
• muṃḍa-vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṃḍa + vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मुंड-नामकः विनायकः / मुंडः विनायकः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muṇḍa-Vināyaka

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A well-known shrine of Muṇḍa-Vināyaka reached by moving from Uddaṇḍa Gaṇapati toward Āśuśukṣaṇī; devotees perform full worship with offerings and circumambulation.

Characters & Entities

• Uddaṇḍa Gaṇapati
• Muṇḍa-Vināyaka
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred landscape of Kāśī includes renowned Vināyakas whose worship supports a devotee’s obstacle-free spiritual path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Muṇḍa-Vināyaka’s placement within the Kāśī protective geography, described relative to Uddaṇḍa Gaṇapati.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sampūjā—complete worship by devotees—of Muṇḍa-Vināyaka.