Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
वक्रतुंडादुदग्दिक्स्थः स्वःसिंधो रोधसिस्थितः । विनायकोस्त्यभयदः सर्वेषां भयनाशनः
vakratuṃḍādudagdiksthaḥ svaḥsiṃdho rodhasisthitaḥ | vināyakostyabhayadaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhayanāśanaḥ
ทางทิศเหนือจากวักรตุณฑะ ณ ริมฝั่งแม่น้ำสวรรค์ (สวรรคนที) มีวินายกะองค์หนึ่งประทับ ผู้ประทานอภัยะคือความไร้ความกลัว—ผู้ขจัดความหวาดหวั่นของปวงชน
Skanda
Tirtha: Abhayada Vināyaka on Svarganadī bank (north of Vakratuṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kāśī-māhātmya frame
Scene: A northern riverbank scene: Abhayada Vināyaka near flowing Svarganadī, blessing devotees with a raised hand; pilgrims appear relieved, some with folded hands, with Vakratuṇḍa’s shrine implied behind along the route.
FAQs
Approaching Vināyaka in Kāśī is taught as a path to abhaya—fearlessness—by dissolving the root of fear through divine guardianship.
A northern Vināyaka site situated on the bank of the ‘svaḥsiṃdhu’ (a celestial/holy river referenced in the text).
No explicit ritual steps are stated; the verse highlights the deity’s location and fruit—abhaya (fearlessness).