Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

पाशपाणेर्गणेशानाद्दक्षिणे विकटद्विजम् । पूजयित्वा गणपतिं गाणपत्यपदं लभेत्

Transliteration

pāśapāṇergaṇeśānāddakṣiṇe vikaṭadvijam | pūjayitvā gaṇapatiṃ gāṇapatyapadaṃ labhet

Translation

പാശപാണി ഗണേശാനന്റെ തെക്കായി വികട-ദ്വിജൻ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു. ആ ഗണപതിയെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ साधകൻ ഗാണപത്യപദം—ഗണേശമാർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരനില—ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• pāśapāṇeḥ: of the one who has a noose in hand
• pāśapāṇeḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (पाशः पाणौ यस्य सः)

• gaṇeśānāt: from Gaṇeśāna (lord of the gaṇas)
• gaṇeśānāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa + īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गणानाम् ईशानः)

• dakṣiṇe: on the south (side)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिशावाचक-शब्दः

• vikaṭa-dvijam: Vikaṭa-dvija (the formidable twice-born; proper name)
• vikaṭa-dvijam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikaṭa + dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (विकटः द्विजः)

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūj (पूज्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having worshipped)

• gaṇapatim: Gaṇapati
• gaṇapatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇapati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gāṇapatya-padam: the status of being a Gaṇapatya
• gāṇapatya-padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṇapatya + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गाणपत्यस्य पदम्)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ्-धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vikaṭa-Dvija Gaṇapati

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee proceeds south of Pāśapāṇi Gaṇeśāna to the shrine of Vikaṭa-Dvija; after worship, the devotee is shown receiving a symbolic mark of initiation/establishment in the Gāṇapatya path.

Characters & Entities

• Pāśapāṇi Gaṇeśāna
• Vikaṭa-Dvija
• Gaṇapati
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused worship of Gaṇapati in Kāśī is portrayed as transformative, establishing one firmly in Gaṇeśa-centered devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The southern locus from Pāśapāṇi Gaṇeśāna where Vikaṭa-Dvija is worshipped within the Kāśī sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Gaṇapati (Vikaṭa-Dvija) with the promised fruit of attaining gāṇapatya-pada.