Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
विनायक इति श्रीमान्पूज्यस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनाम् । सर्वेषां देवमुख्यानां बभूव हि विनायकः
vināyaka iti śrīmānpūjyastrailokyavāsinām | sarveṣāṃ devamukhyānāṃ babhūva hi vināyakaḥ
അവൻ ‘വിനായകൻ’ എന്ന ശ്രീനാമത്തിൽ പ്രശസ്തനായി, ത്രിലോകവാസികൾക്ക് പൂജ്യനായി; കൂടാതെ എല്ലാ പ്രധാന ദേവന്മാരിലും വിനായകൻ അഗ്രഗണ്യനായി।
Narrator
Tirtha: Vināyaka (as kshetra-presiding auspicious deity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpa (King)
Scene: Vināyaka stands glorious, newly named and acclaimed; devas of all ranks bow, acknowledging him as preeminent and universally worship-worthy across the three worlds.
FAQs
Vināyaka is established as universally worship-worthy, indicating his role as foremost remover of obstacles and granter of auspicious beginnings.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a theological proclamation within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa.
Implicit is pūjā (worship) of Vināyaka; no step-by-step ritual is detailed.