Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

आदौ विनायकं पूज्य घृतपूरान्निवेद्य च । ततोर्चयेद्विश्वभुजामशोककुसुमैः शुभैः

Transliteration

ādau vināyakaṃ pūjya ghṛtapūrānnivedya ca | tatorcayedviśvabhujāmaśokakusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

سب سے پہلے وِنایک کی پوجا کرے اور گھرت پور (گھی بھری مٹھائی) نذر کرے۔ پھر شُبھ اشوک کے پھولوں سے وِشو بھُجا (گوری) کی ارچنا کرے۔

Word by Word

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adverbial locative ‘at first’

• विनायकम्: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of पूज्य

• पूज्य: having worshipped / to be worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (Instructional participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/तव्यत्-समर्थ ‘पूज्य’ (gerundive/passive participle), अर्थे क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष; here: ‘having worshipped’ (elliptic instruction)

• घृतपूरान्: ghṛtapūra sweets
• घृतपूरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृतपूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; offerings

• निवेद्य: having offered
• निवेद्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having offered/presented’

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

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; ‘should worship’

• विश्वभुजाम्: Viśvabhujā (the all-sustaining goddess)
• विश्वभुजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभुज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of अर्चयेत् (name/epithet)

• अशोककुसुमैः: with aśoka blossoms
• अशोककुसुमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; ‘with aśoka flowers’

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण of अशोककुसुमैः

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small shrine space: first Gaṇeśa is offered golden ghṛtapūras; then the devotee turns to Gaurī (Viśvabhujā) adorned with Aśoka blossoms, lamps glowing.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Gaurī (Viśvabhujā)
• Aśoka flowers
• Ghṛtapūra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right order in worship matters: remove obstacles through Vināyaka, then approach the Mother for the intended blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework places these rites in the merit-field of Kāśī, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā sequence and offerings: Vināyaka first with ghṛtapūra naivedya; then Gaurī with Aśoka blossoms.