Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
गृहस्थोऽपि च यो भक्त्या स्मरेत्कार्य उपस्थिते । अविघ्नं तस्य तत्सर्वं संसिद्धिमुपगच्छति
gṛhastho'pi ca yo bhaktyā smaretkārya upasthite | avighnaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ saṃsiddhimupagacchati
गृहस्थालाही जेव्हा कार्य समोर येते, तेव्हा तो भक्तिभावाने (विनायकाचे) स्मरण करील, तर त्याचे ते सर्व कार्य निर्विघ्न होऊन पूर्ण सिद्धीस जाते.
Pulastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Vināyaka (as Vighneśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A householder at the threshold of a new undertaking—writing, trade, travel, or ritual—folds hands and remembers Vināyaka; obstacles dissolve symbolically as the path clears.
FAQs
Gaṇeśa-smaraṇa is presented as practical dharma for householders, transforming duties into obstacle-free success.
The teaching arises in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka context, extending the site’s merit into daily life through remembrance.
Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Vināyaka at the moment a task begins.