Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
तत्रस्थितोपि संसिद्धयै यतस्व सहितो गणैः । निर्विघ्नं कुरु चास्माकं नृपे विघ्नं समाचर
tatrasthitopi saṃsiddhayai yatasva sahito gaṇaiḥ | nirvighnaṃ kuru cāsmākaṃ nṛpe vighnaṃ samācara
“Kahit naroon ka, magsikap ka para sa ganap na katuparan ng layon, kasama ang iyong mga gaṇa. Gawin mong walang hadlang ang aming gawain—at sa haring iyon, magpabunga ka ng mga hadlang.”
Śiva (Mahādeva) (instructional imperatives addressed to Gaṇeśa)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva instructs Gaṇeśa: strive for siddhi with the gaṇas, make ‘our work’ obstacle-free, and create obstacles for a certain king—depicting the dual power of vighna.
FAQs
Obstacles serve dharma: the divine removes hindrances for righteous aims and restrains harmful power through impediments.
Kāśī, as the operational sacred arena where divine governance is enacted.
None directly; the verse describes Gaṇeśa’s functional role regarding vighna (obstacles).