Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

बाह्यावरणगाश्चैते काश्यामष्टौ विनायकाः । उच्चाटयत्यभक्तांश्च भक्तानां सर्वसिद्धिदाः

Transliteration

bāhyāvaraṇagāścaite kāśyāmaṣṭau vināyakāḥ | uccāṭayatyabhaktāṃśca bhaktānāṃ sarvasiddhidāḥ

Translation

یہ کاشی کے بیرونی احاطے میں رہنے والے آٹھ وِنایک ہیں۔ یہ بے عقیدوں کو دور ہٹاتے ہیں، اور بھکتوں کو ہر طرح کی سِدھیاں عطا کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• bāhya-āvaraṇa-gāḥ: dwelling in the outer enclosure
• bāhya-āvaraṇa-gāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāhya (प्रातिपदिक) + āvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विनायकाः इति विशेषणम्

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

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (विशेष-रूप: संख्या); विनायकाः इति विशेषणम्

• vināyakāḥ: Vināyakas
• vināyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• uccāṭayati: drives away
• uccāṭayati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: uccāṭaya (धातु: √caṭ/√cāṭ? causative stem uccāṭaya-)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to drive away’

• abhaktān: the non-devotees
• abhaktān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म

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

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• sarva-siddhi-dāḥ: givers of all attainments
• sarva-siddhi-dāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘दाः’ = दातारः (givers)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṣṭa-vināyaka (Kāśī bāhyāvaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/interlocutor of Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Eight Vināyakas stationed like sentinels around Kāśī’s outer boundary; a luminous protective ring. Devotees are welcomed with boons, while the faithless are turned away by an unseen force.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Aṣṭa-Vināyaka (eight Vināyakas)
• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is protected by divine guardians: devotion grants siddhi, while irreverence is spiritually repelled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The outer protective circuit (bāhya-āvaraṇa) of Kāśī where eight Vināyakas are stationed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned; the verse summarizes outcomes for bhaktas versus abhaktas.