Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

जाने विघ्नानसंख्यातान्विनिहंतुमनेकधा । क्षेत्रस्यास्य महाभाग नानारूपैरिहस्थितः

Transliteration

jāne vighnānasaṃkhyātānvinihaṃtumanekadhā | kṣetrasyāsya mahābhāga nānārūpairihasthitaḥ

Translation

เรารู้ถึงอุปสรรคอันนับไม่ถ้วน; เพื่อประโยชน์แห่งเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้คือกาศี โอผู้มีบุญยิ่ง เราสถิตอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ในหลากรูป เพื่อกำจัดมันด้วยวิธีนานาประการ

Word by Word

• जाने: I know
• जाने: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विघ्नान्: obstacles
• विघ्नान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• असंख्यातान्: countless
• असंख्यातान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्यात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (विघ्नान्)

• विनिहन्तुम्: to destroy
• विनिहन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), कर्मार्थक; उपसर्गयुक्त धातु (वि+नि+हन्)

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समास: महा + भाग

• नानारूपैः: by various forms
• नानारूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानारूप (प्रातिपदिक: नाना + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समास: नाना + रूप

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• स्थितः: standing/present
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

Speaker

Gaṇeśa (Dhūṇḍhirāja), as praised/described within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue (Skanda-to-Agastya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general protective mahatmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed 'mahābhāga' interlocutor; devas are also invited to listen

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A protective deity speaks within Kāśī, declaring knowledge of innumerable vighnas and his many stationed forms guarding the kṣetra; the city’s ghāṭas and temples appear as a sacred mandala under watch.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Kṣetra)
• Vighna (obstacles)
• Dhūṇḍhirāja (implied Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a holy kṣetra like Kāśī, divine presence actively removes impediments for sincere seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī Kṣetra (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred field protected by divine forces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes Gaṇeśa’s protective, obstacle-removing role in the kṣetra.