Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

गणेशो हि महादेव अर्घ्यपाद्यादिचंदनैः । मंत्रावृत्त्या तथा शंभो निर्विघ्नं च करिष्यति

Transliteration

gaṇeśo hi mahādeva arghyapādyādicaṃdanaiḥ | maṃtrāvṛttyā tathā śaṃbho nirvighnaṃ ca kariṣyati

Translation

ഹേ മഹാദേവാ! ഗണേശനു അർഘ്യം, പാദ്യം, ചന്ദനം മുതലായവ അർപ്പിച്ച് മന്ത്രജപം ചെയ്താൽ, ഹേ ശംഭോ, അവൻ പ്രവർത്തിയെ നിർവിഘ്നമാക്കും.

Word by Word

• गणेशः: Gaṇeśa
• गणेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (explanatory/emphatic particle)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• अर्घ्य-पाद्य-आदि-चन्दनैः: with offerings like arghya, pādya, sandal etc.
• अर्घ्य-पाद्य-आदि-चन्दनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-समाहारः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—अर्घ्यं च पाद्यं च आदयश्च चन्दनानि च (समुच्चय)

• मन्त्र-आवृत्त्या: by repetition of mantras
• मन्त्र-आवृत्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रस्य आवृत्तिः)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• शंभो: O Śambhu
• शंभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, संबोधन, एकवचनम्

• निर्विघ्नम्: free from obstacles
• निर्विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (फल/कार्य-विशेषण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• करिष्यति: will make; will accomplish
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a Himalayan shrine performs Gaṇeśa-upacāra: offering arghya and pādya, applying sandal paste, while softly reciting mantras; the path ahead appears cleared and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Mahādeva
• Śambhu
• Arghya
• Pādya
• Candana
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin sacred acts with Gaṇeśa’s worship; right ritual attention removes obstacles and stabilizes dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedāra-khaṇḍa, the ritual guidance supports pilgrimage practice in the Kedāra sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gaṇeśa-pūjā using arghya, pādya, sandal-paste, and mantra-recitation (mantrāvṛtti) for nirvighnatā.