Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

यः प्रत्यहं नमति ढुं ढिविनायकं त्वां काश्यां प्रगे प्रतिहताखिलविघ्नसंघः । नो तस्य जातु जगतीतलवर्ति वस्तु दुष्प्रापमत्र च परत्र च किंचनापि

Transliteration

yaḥ pratyahaṃ namati ḍhuṃ ḍhivināyakaṃ tvāṃ kāśyāṃ prage pratihatākhilavighnasaṃghaḥ | no tasya jātu jagatītalavarti vastu duṣprāpamatra ca paratra ca kiṃcanāpi

Translation

Кто каждый день на рассвете в Каши склоняется перед Тобой — о Вина́яка, призываемый священным звуком «ḍhuṃ ḍhi», — у того полностью пресечён весь сонм препятствий. Для него ничто на земле не бывает труднодостижимым ни в этом мире, ни в ином.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• prati-aham: every day
• prati-aham: Temporal adjunct
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; कालवाचक-अव्यय (every day)

• namati: bows
• namati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ḍhuṃḍhi-vināyakam: Ḍhuṃḍhi-Vināyaka
• ḍhuṃḍhi-vināyakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ḍhuṃḍhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ढुंढिः एव विनायकः)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• prage: at dawn
• prage: Temporal adjunct
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prage (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (early, at dawn)

• pratihata-akhila-vighna-saṃghaḥ: whose entire mass of obstacles is destroyed
• pratihata-akhila-vighna-saṃghaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratihata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (हन्/घात् भाव) ‘प्रति+हन्’—प्रतिहत; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अखिलविघ्नानां संघः प्रतिहतः यस्य)

• na: not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• u: indeed
• u: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: नु/उ—पादपूरण/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Temporal adjunct
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever/at any time)

• jagatī-tala-varti: existing on the surface of the earth
• jagatī-tala-varti: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagatī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक) + vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वस्तु); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जगत्याः तले वर्ति)

• vastu: thing
• vastu: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• duṣprāpam: hard to obtain
• duṣprāpam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus + prāpya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दुष्’ उपसर्ग + ‘प्राप्’ धातोः क्तव्य/णिच्-सम्भव विशेषणार्थ; विशेषणम् (वस्तु)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• paratra: in the hereafter
• paratra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (in the other world/thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• kiṃcana: anything
• kiṃcana: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (anything)

• api: even
• api: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादबोधक-अव्यय (even)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ḍhuṃḍhivināyaka in Kāśī

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At first light over the Gaṅgā, a devotee bows before Ḍhuṃḍhivināyaka; a ring of shattered obstacles lies behind, while pathways to success in this world and the next open ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily, disciplined devotion—especially at dawn—toward Vināyaka removes obstacles and supports success in both worldly aims and spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is praised as the sacred setting where dawn-salutation to Vināyaka grants exceptional fruit (phala).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ (dawn) namaskāra—bowing daily to Vināyaka in Kāśī, with the mantra-bīja-like invocation “ḍhuṃ ḍhi,” as a practice for vighna-śamana (obstacle-removal).