Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

गणानां त्वेति मंत्रेण कृत्वा वै त्रिः प्रदक्षिणम् । यस्तं पश्यति राजेन्द्र दुरितं न स पश्यति

Transliteration

gaṇānāṃ tveti maṃtreṇa kṛtvā vai triḥ pradakṣiṇam | yastaṃ paśyati rājendra duritaṃ na sa paśyati

Translation

ହେ ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର, ‘ଗଣାନାଂ ତ୍ୱା…’ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଜପ କରି ତିନିଥର ପ୍ରଦକ୍ଷିଣ କରି ଯେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଦର୍ଶନ କରେ, ସେ ପାପ ଓ ବିପଦକୁ ଦେଖେ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas (attendants)
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिबोधक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (अव्यय/संख्यावाचक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक अव्यय (numeral adverb)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (keeping right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेष्य (object of कृत्वा)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• तम्: him/that (Vinayaka)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• दुरितम्: misfortune/sin
• दुरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees (experiences)
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from surrounding passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka shrine (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee circles Vināyaka’s shrine three times, lips moving in mantra; attendants hold lamps; the atmosphere suggests a protective circle warding off misfortune.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Gaṇeśa
• Mantra (gaṇānāṃ tvā…)
• Yayāti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa joined with pradakṣiṇā and darśana of Vināyaka is taught as a dhārmic means to avert sin and adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vināyaka shrine/tīrtha setting described in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where circumambulation is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the ‘gaṇānāṃ tvā…’ mantra and perform three pradakṣiṇās, then take Vināyaka’s darśana.