Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
श्रीभगवानुवाच । शुद्ध्यर्थं चैव यत्कार्यं कार्येस्मिन्नृपसत्तम । विनायकसमुद्भूतां तत्त्वं पूजां समाचर
śrībhagavānuvāca | śuddhyarthaṃ caiva yatkāryaṃ kāryesminnṛpasattama | vināyakasamudbhūtāṃ tattvaṃ pūjāṃ samācara
श्रीभगवान म्हणाले—हे नृपश्रेष्ठ! या कार्याच्या शुद्धीसाठी विनायकतत्त्वातून उद्भवलेली पूजा विधिपूर्वक कर।
Śrī Bhagavān
Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)
Scene: A divine speaker (Bhagavān) instructs a king on performing Vināyaka worship as a purificatory step; Gaṇeśa icon or yantra implied beside ritual vessels.
FAQs
Begin sacred and worldly undertakings with inner and outer purification through Vināyaka-centered worship, aligning action with dharma.
This verse sits within the Tīrthamāhātmya context of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; the snippet itself emphasizes rite-order (Vināyaka pūjā) rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
A directive to perform Vināyaka-tattva pūjā (Gaṇeśa worship as a purificatory preliminary rite).