Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

कूटदंताद्गणपतेरुदीच्यामेकदंतकः । सदोपसर्गसंसर्गात्पायादानंदकाननम्

Transliteration

kūṭadaṃtādgaṇapaterudīcyāmekadaṃtakaḥ | sadopasargasaṃsargātpāyādānaṃdakānanam

Translation

Sa hilaga, mula kay Kūṭadanta Gaṇapati, naroon si Ekadantaka. Nawa’y ingatan niya ang Ānandakānana—ang Gubat ng Kaligayahan ng Kāśī—laban sa walang humpay na pagdikit ng kapahamakan at pagdurusa.

Word by Word

• कूटदन्तात्: from (the place/region called) Kūṭadanta
• कूटदन्तात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूटदन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—कूट + दन्त (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

• गणपतेः: of Gaṇapati
• गणपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern direction
• उदीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• एकदन्तकः: Ekadantaka (the one-tusked one)
• एकदन्तकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकदन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—एक + दन्तक (कर्मधारय)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• उपसर्गसंसर्गात्: from the contact/association with afflictions
• उपसर्गसंसर्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्गसंसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—उपसर्ग + संसर्ग (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पायात्: may (he/it) protect
• पायात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आशीर्लिङ्/विधिलिङ्-प्रायः आशिषि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः—पा (रक्षणे)

• आनन्दकाननम्: the grove/forest of bliss (Ānandakānana)
• आनन्दकाननम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्दकानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—आनन्द + कानन (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana/Ānandavana sectoral Vināyaka (Ekadantaka)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A northern gate of the bliss-grove of Kāśī: Ekadantaka Vināyaka stands as a guardian, one tusk prominent, holding modaka and pāśa, with a protective aura pushing back shadowy ‘upasarga’ forms from the forested sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇapati
• Ekadantaka
• Kūṭadanta
• Ānandakānana
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and honoring Ekadantaka in Kāśī is taught as a means of protection from recurring obstacles and afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandakānana—described as a blissful sacred grove within the sacred geography of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is stated here; the verse functions as a protective benediction centered on Ekadantaka’s safeguarding power.