Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

विनायकांस्ततः पंच विश्वनाथं ततो व्रजेत् । ततो मौनं विसृज्याथ मंत्रमेतमुदीरयेत्

Transliteration

vināyakāṃstataḥ paṃca viśvanāthaṃ tato vrajet | tato maunaṃ visṛjyātha maṃtrametamudīrayet

Translation

Pagkatapos, dalawin ang limang Vināyaka at saka magtungo kay Viśvanātha. Pagkaraan nito, tapusin ang pananahimik at bigkasin ang mantrang ito.

Word by Word

• विनायकान्: Vināyakas
• विनायकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (Kāla/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective), द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with विनायकान्)

• विश्वनाथम्: Viśvanātha (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (Kāla/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (Kāla/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• मौनम्: silence (vow of silence)
• मौनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विसृज्य: having given up
• विसृज्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘विसृज्य’ = having abandoned

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मन्त्रं विशेषयति

• उदीरयेत्: should utter/recite
• उदीरयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-vināyaka and Viśvanātha (Viśveśvara)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes darśana at five small Gaṇeśa shrines (each with distinct icon posture), then enters the Viśvanātha precinct; the pilgrim, previously silent, now raises hands and begins mantra recitation before the liṅga amid lamps and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Five Vināyakas
• Viśvanātha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is both outer movement and inner discipline—silence, orderly worship, and mantra—culminating at Viśvanātha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvanātha in Kāśī, approached after honoring the pañca-vināyaka shrines within the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Visit the five Vināyakas, proceed to Viśvanātha, then conclude a mauna-vrata and recite the prescribed mantra.