Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

विघ्नेशतीर्थं च ततः सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत् । जातुचित्तत्र संस्नातो न विघ्नैरभिभूयते

Transliteration

vighneśatīrthaṃ ca tataḥ sarvavighnavighātakṛt | jātucittatra saṃsnāto na vighnairabhibhūyate

Translation

پھر وِگھنیَش تیرتھ آتا ہے، جو ہر رکاوٹ کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔ جو کوئی وہاں اشنان کرے، وہ کبھی بھی موانع کے ہاتھوں مغلوب نہیں ہوتا۔

Word by Word

• विघ्नेशतीर्थम्: the Vighneśa sacred ford
• विघ्नेशतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न-ईश-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विघ्नेशस्य तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

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

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत्: destroyer of all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नविघातकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-विघ्न-विघात-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थस्य/विघ्नेशस्य); ‘सर्वेषां विघ्नानां विघातं करोति’ इति बहुपद-तत्पुरुष

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक निपात (ever/at any time)

• चित्: at all
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/indeed; in ‘जातुचित्’ = ever at all)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संस्नातः: one who has bathed
• संस्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संस्नातः’ = having bathed well

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक

• विघ्नैः: by obstacles
• विघ्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिभूयते: is overpowered
• अभिभूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (is overpowered)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vighneśa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright morning at a small tīrtha pool; above the steps is a Gaṇeśa shrine (Vighneśa) with modaka offerings; pilgrims bathe and then touch the shrine threshold; the path ahead is shown clear and sunlit.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Vighneśa-tīrtha
• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is depicted as practical: devotion enacted through tīrtha-snāna is said to remove hindrances on one’s dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vighneśa-tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (saṃsnāna/snānā) at Vighneśa-tīrtha for the removal of obstacles.