Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

विघ्नेशतीर्थं च ततः सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत् । जातुचित्तत्र संस्नातो न विघ्नैरभिभूयते

Transliteration

vighneśatīrthaṃ ca tataḥ sarvavighnavighātakṛt | jātucittatra saṃsnāto na vighnairabhibhūyate

Translation

ତା’ପରେ ସମସ୍ତ ବିଘ୍ନ ନାଶକାରୀ ବିଘ୍ନେଶତୀର୍ଥ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ। ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କେବେବି ବିଘ୍ନ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପରାଜିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• विघ्नेशतीर्थम्: the Vighneśa sacred ford
• विघ्नेशतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न-ईश-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विघ्नेशस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत्: destroyer of all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-विघ्न-विघात-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थस्य/विघ्नेशस्य); ‘सर्वेषां विघ्नानां विघातं करोति’ इति बहुपद-तत्पुरुष

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक निपात (ever/at any time)

• चित्: at all
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/indeed; in ‘जातुचित्’ = ever at all)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संस्नातः: one who has bathed
• संस्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संस्नातः’ = having bathed well

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक

• विघ्नैः: by obstacles
• विघ्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिभूयते: is overpowered
• अभिभूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (is overpowered)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vighneśa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright morning at a small tīrtha pool; above the steps is a Gaṇeśa shrine (Vighneśa) with modaka offerings; pilgrims bathe and then touch the shrine threshold; the path ahead is shown clear and sunlit.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Vighneśa-tīrtha
• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is depicted as practical: devotion enacted through tīrtha-snāna is said to remove hindrances on one’s dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vighneśa-tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (saṃsnāna/snānā) at Vighneśa-tīrtha for the removal of obstacles.