Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
यां सिद्धिं यः समीहेत स तामाप्नोति तन्नतेः । हिरण्यकशिपोर्लिंगं गणेशात्पश्चिमे ततः
yāṃ siddhiṃ yaḥ samīheta sa tāmāpnoti tannateḥ | hiraṇyakaśiporliṃgaṃ gaṇeśātpaścime tataḥ
जो ज्या सिद्धीची इच्छा करतो, तो तेथे (सिद्धिविनायकास) नमस्कार करून ती प्राप्त करतो. त्या गणेशाच्या पश्चिमेस हिरण्यकशिपूचे लिंग आहे.
Skanda
Tirtha: Siddhivināyaka; Hiraṇyakaśipu-liṅga (west)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees bow at a vermilion-smeared Siddhivināyaka idol; behind/left (westward) a small liṅga shrine labeled Hiraṇyakaśipu. The composition contrasts Gaṇeśa’s approachable grace with the austere liṅga sanctum.
FAQs
Humility and surrender (namaskāra) at Kāśī’s Vināyaka shrines is praised as a direct cause of ‘siddhi’—fulfilled aims aligned with dharma.
Siddhivināyaka and, to his west, the Hiraṇyakaśipu-liṅga.
Nati/namaskāra (bowing) to Siddhivināyaka for desired accomplishments.