Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

चतुर्थावरणे काश्यां भक्तविघ्नविनाशकाः । द्रष्टव्या हृष्टचेतोभिः स्पष्टमष्टौ विनायकाः

Transliteration

caturthāvaraṇe kāśyāṃ bhaktavighnavināśakāḥ | draṣṭavyā hṛṣṭacetobhiḥ spaṣṭamaṣṭau vināyakāḥ

Translation

ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์ชั้นที่สี่แห่งกาศี มีวินายกะแปดองค์ปรากฏชัด ผู้ทำลายอุปสรรคของผู้ภักดี ควรได้เฝ้าด้วยใจเปรมปรีดิ์

Word by Word

• caturtha-āvaraṇe: in the fourth enclosure/circuit
• caturtha-āvaraṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक) + āvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः (चतुर्थम् आवरणम्)

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

• bhakta-vighna-vināśakāḥ: destroyers of devotees' obstacles
• bhakta-vighna-vināśakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्तानां विघ्न-विनाशकाः)

• draṣṭavyāḥ: to be seen; should be visited
• draṣṭavyāḥ: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → draṣṭavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (they should be seen)

• hṛṣṭa-cetobhiḥ: by those whose minds are delighted
• hṛṣṭa-cetobhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (हृष्टं चेतः येषां ते)

• spaṣṭam: clearly
• spaṣṭam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: spaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (clearly)

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (विशेष्य-सङ्ख्या)

• vināyakāḥ: Vināyakas (Gaṇeśa-forms)
• vināyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturtha-āvaraṇa Aṣṭa-Vināyaka-darśana (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet devotional panorama of Kāśī’s fourth enclosure: eight Vināyaka shrines placed around a sacred circuit; pilgrims move in sequence with joyful faces, carrying lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Aṣṭa Vināyaka
• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (darśana) undertaken with a joyful, faithful mind is celebrated as a remover of obstacles through the grace of Kāśī’s Vināyakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s ‘fourth āvaraṇa’—a defined sacred enclosure/circuit where the eight Vināyakas are to be visited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana/visitation is prescribed: the eight Vināyakas ‘should be beheld’ (draṣṭavyāḥ) with gladness.