Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तथान्योपि च तत्रास्ति विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः । गणनाथो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदो नृणाम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tathānyopi ca tatrāsti viśvāmitrapratiṣṭhitaḥ | gaṇanātho dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvasiddhiprado nṛṇām

Translation

สูตะกล่าวว่า: ‘ยิ่งกว่านั้น ที่นั่นยังมีอีกองค์หนึ่งซึ่งวิศวามิตรได้สถาปนาไว้ คือ คณนาถะ โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย พระองค์ประทานสิทธิทั้งปวงแก่ชนทั้งหลาย’

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः: established by Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रप्रतिष्ठितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वामित्र + प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त; √स्था/प्रति-स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ = स्थापितः; विशेषण

• गणनाथः: Gaṇanātha (Lord of the gaṇas)
• गणनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधनसदृश प्रयोगः (addressing the best of twice-born)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: giver of all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṇanātha (Viśvāmitra-pratiṣṭhita) shrine within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta points out a Gaṇeśa shrine; Viśvāmitra is shown consecrating (pratiṣṭhā) Gaṇanātha; pilgrims receive blessings symbolizing siddhis.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Viśvāmitra
• Gaṇanātha (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites often host multiple consecrated deities; devotion to Gaṇanātha is praised as a direct path to success and spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Viśvāmitrīya region where Viśvāmitra established Gaṇanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed ritual in this verse; it introduces the Gaṇanātha shrine and its siddhi-bestowing power.