Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

विघ्नापध्वंसनार्थाय दक्षिणद्वारसंस्थितम् । गणं संस्थापयामास तथान्याश्चैव देवताः

Transliteration

vighnāpadhvaṃsanārthāya dakṣiṇadvārasaṃsthitam | gaṇaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tathānyāścaiva devatāḥ

Translation

رکاوٹوں کے وِناش کے لیے اُس نے جنوبی دروازے پر قائم گن دیوتا کو نصب کیا؛ اور اسی طرح دیگر دیوتاؤں کو بھی قائم کیا۔

Word by Word

• विघ्न: obstacle
• विघ्न: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन-प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• अपध्वंसन: destruction/removal
• अपध्वंसन: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप + ध्वंस् (धातु) → अपध्वंसन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग), ‘-अन’ भाववाचक/क्रियावाचक

• अर्थाय: for the purpose
• अर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose)

• दक्षिण: southern/right
• दक्षिण: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• द्वार: door/gate
• द्वार: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• संस्थितम्: situated/placed
• संस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दक्षिण-द्वार-संस्थितम्’ = दक्षिणद्वारे संस्थितम्

• गणम्: the group/gaṇa
• गणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संस्थापयामास: established/caused to be placed
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) (णिच्) → संस्थापयति; संस्थापयामास (तिङन्त)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• अन्याः: others (f.)
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘अन्या’ = other (fem.)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle of emphasis)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated southern gateway of a sacred complex; a Gaṇa-deity is installed as guardian while other deities are placed in their stations; priests perform pratiṣṭhā with lamps, kalasha, and mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇa
• Devatāḥ
• Dakṣiṇa-dvāra (southern gate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious works should begin with vighna-śānti—establishing divine guardianship so that dharmic aims proceed unobstructed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest-region described in the Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa of the Brahmakhaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The स्थापना (installation) of a Gaṇa at the southern gateway as a vighna-apadhvaṁsana (obstacle-removing) measure.