Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

चतुर्थ्यां तं तु देवेशि अंगारकदिने पुनः । स्नापयित्वा तु संपूज्य नैवेद्यैर्विविधैः शुभैः । सन्तर्प्य विघ्नराजेशं सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

caturthyāṃ taṃ tu deveśi aṃgārakadine punaḥ | snāpayitvā tu saṃpūjya naivedyairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ | santarpya vighnarājeśaṃ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശി, ചതുര്ഥി ദിനത്തിലും വീണ്ടും അങ്കാരകദിനം (ചൊവ്വ) ദിനത്തിലും, ദേവനെ സ്നാനിപ്പിച്ച്, സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി പൂജിച്ച്, വിവിധ ശുഭ നൈവേദ്യങ്ങൾ അർപ്പിച്ച്, വിഘ്നരാജേശൻ (ഗണപതി)നെ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തിയാൽ സർവകാമങ്ങളും ലഭിക്കും।

Word by Word

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; काल-निर्देशे (on the fourth lunar day)

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (but/indeed)

• deveśi: O goddess (lady of the gods)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन

• aṃgāraka-dine: on Tuesday (Mars-day)
• aṃgāraka-dine: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃgāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (aṃgārakasya dinaṃ)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थे (again)

• snāpayitvā: having bathed (him)/having performed ablution
• snāpayitvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + ktvā (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); णिजन्त-प्रयोगः (causative) ‘having caused to bathe/washed’

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped well
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pūj (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having duly worshipped’

• naivedyaiḥ: with food-offerings
• naivedyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; साधन/उपकरणे

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (naivedyaiḥ)

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious
• śubhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (naivedyaiḥ)

• santarpya: having satisfied
• santarpya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √tṛp (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having satisfied/propitiated’

• vighnarājeśam: the Lord of the king of obstacles (Gaṇeśa)
• vighnarājeśam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna-rāja-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विघ्नानां राजा; तस्य ईशः)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kāmān)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapardī–Cintāmaṇi / Vighnarāja-sthāna (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs abhiṣeka to a Gaṇeśa (Vighnarāja) icon within the Prabhāsa shrine: water/milk streams, flowers, lamps, and abundant naivedya; calendar symbols of Caturthī moon phase and Tuesday (Aṅgāraka) accent the scene; the deity radiates boon-granting calm.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Mars; Tuesday)
• Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline—snāna, pūjā, and offerings—combined with Gaṇeśa propitiation is taught as a dharmic means to fulfill aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kapardī–Cintāmaṇi sacred complex in Prabhāsakṣetra (context of Adhyāya 141).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Caturthī and Tuesday worship: bathe the deity, perform full pūjā, offer auspicious naivedya, and satisfy Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa).