Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । महाविनायकं गच्छेत्ततः पार्थिवसत्तम । यस्मिन्दृष्टे नृणां सद्यो निर्विघ्नत्वं प्रजायते

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | mahāvināyakaṃ gacchettataḥ pārthivasattama | yasmindṛṣṭe nṛṇāṃ sadyo nirvighnatvaṃ prajāyate

Translation

పులస్త్యుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ పార్థివశ్రేష్ఠా! ఆ తరువాత మహావినాయకుని దర్శించుటకు వెళ్ళవలెను; ఆయన దర్శనమాత్రంతోనే మనుష్యులకు తక్షణమే నిర్విఘ్నత్వం కలుగుతుంది.

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-vināyakam: Mahāvināyaka (great Vināyaka)
• mahā-vināyakam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (गच्छेत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय ‘महान् विनायकः’

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana/Apadana (Sequence/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereafter/from there)

• pārthiva-sattama: O best of kings
• pārthiva-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय ‘श्रेष्ठः पार्थिवः’

• yasmin: in whom/when
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭe: when (he) is seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘दृष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (immediately)

• nir-vighnatvam: freedom from obstacles
• nir-vighnatvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (प्रजायते इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir (उपसर्ग) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भाववाचक तद्धितान्त (-त्व)

• prajāyate: arises, is produced
• prajāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāvināyaka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yayāti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya directs the king toward a prominent Gaṇeśa shrine; pilgrims approach with offerings, and the deity’s presence radiates a sense of cleared pathways and auspicious beginnings.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Mahāvināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Mahāvināyaka is portrayed as a direct spiritual remedy for impediments, aligning devotion with auspicious beginnings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahāvināyaka—presented as a sacred destination/shrine within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage and darśana: ‘go to Mahāvināyaka’ and behold the deity for nirvighnatva.