Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
एकभक्तव्रती तत्र संपूज्य गणनायकम् । किंचिद्दत्त्वा तमुद्दिश्य न विघ्नैरभिभूयते
ekabhaktavratī tatra saṃpūjya gaṇanāyakam | kiṃciddattvā tamuddiśya na vighnairabhibhūyate
तेथे जो एकभक्त-व्रत करून गणनायकाचे विधिपूर्वक पूजन करतो आणि त्यांना उद्देशून थोडेसे दान देतो, तो विघ्नांनी पराभूत होत नाही.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṇanāyaka worship on Aṅgāraka Caturthī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in simple attire observing ekabhakta, offering durvā and lamps to Gaṇanāyaka at a shrine, then placing a small coin/food bundle as charity; behind, symbolic ‘vighnas’ dissolve like shadows.
FAQs
Even modest devotion—fasting discipline, worship, and small charity—invokes Gaṇeśa’s power to dissolve obstacles.
The instruction is situated within the Kāśī mahatmya setting of this chapter’s observance.
Observe ekabhakta-vrata, worship Gaṇanāyaka (Gaṇeśa), and perform some dāna dedicated to him.