Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्मादुत्तरदिग्भागे किंचिद्वायव्यमाश्रितम् । विनायकं प्रपश्येच्च सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasmāduttaradigbhāge kiṃcidvāyavyamāśritam | vināyakaṃ prapaśyecca sarvasiddhipradāyakam

Translation

ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను—అది నుండి ఉత్తరదిశ భాగంలో, కొంచెం వాయవ్య దిశను ఆశ్రయించి, సమస్త సిద్ధులను ప్రసాదించే వినాయకుని దర్శించవలెను।

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानम् (ablative)

• uttara-dik-bhāge: in the northern direction-part
• uttara-dik-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara + diś + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• kiṃcit: somewhat / a little
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite particle/adverbial)

• vāyavyam: north-western
• vāyavyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• āśritam: situated/located
• āśritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• vināyakam: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• vināyakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prapaśyet: should behold
• prapaśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-paś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विधिः (injunctive sense: 'should see')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvasiddhipradāyakam: bestower of all attainments
• sarvasiddhipradāyakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-siddhi-pradāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying vināyakam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vināyaka (Prabhāsa Vināyaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva directs Devī toward a Vināyaka shrine to the north-west; Gaṇeśa stands or sits in a small sanctum, holding modaka and a broken tusk, with devotees seeking siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Gaṇeśa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is devotional guidance—seeking Vināyaka at the tīrtha supports success in righteous aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Vināyaka/Gaṇanātha shrine located in the north–northwest sector of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Vināyaka is prescribed as a means to obtain siddhi (attainments).