Shloka 53 - Adhyaya 308 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

गजरूपधरस्तत्र स्थितः स्थाने महाबलः । गणनाथस्वरूपेण ह्युन्नतो जगति स्थितः

Transliteration

gajarūpadharastatra sthitaḥ sthāne mahābalaḥ | gaṇanāthasvarūpeṇa hyunnato jagati sthitaḥ

Translation

तेथे तो महाबलवान गजरूप धारण करून त्या स्थानी स्थित राहिला; आणि ‘उन्नत’ म्हणून जगात गणनाथस्वरूपे प्रतिष्ठित होऊन विराजमान आहे।

Word by Word

गज-रूप-धरःthe bearer of an elephant-form

तत्रthere

स्थितःstood, remained

स्थानेin the place

महाबलःvery strong, mighty

गण-नाथ-स्वरूपेणin the form of Gaṇanātha (Gaṇeśa)

हिindeed

उन्नतःexalted; (named) Unnata

जगतिin the world

स्थितःstood, remained

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narrator) linking Rudra’s manifestation to Gaṇanātha identity at the site

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnata (Gaṇanātha-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mighty being stands at Unnata in elephant-form, revealed as Gaṇanātha—guardian and resident deity of the place.

Characters & Entities

Gaṇanātha (Gaṇeśa aspect)

Elephant-form

Unnata (site/epithet)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestations crystallize into enduring worship-forms; the līlā becomes a stable refuge for devotees as Gaṇanātha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Unnata-sthāna within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Gaṇanātha is said to abide.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it identifies the deity-form present for devotion (darśana and worship implied).