Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

वैमानिकैः समभ्येत्य स्थापितस्तत्र स द्विजाः । येन स्वर्गार्थिनो लोकाः पूजां तस्य प्रचक्रिरे । प्रथमं सर्वकृत्येषु विघ्ननाशाय तत्पराः

Transliteration

vaimānikaiḥ samabhyetya sthāpitastatra sa dvijāḥ | yena svargārthino lokāḥ pūjāṃ tasya pracakrire | prathamaṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu vighnanāśāya tatparāḥ

Translation

فرشتگانِ آسمانی کے ساتھ آ کر، اے برہمنو، اسے وہاں پرتیِشٹھت کیا گیا۔ اسی سبب جو لوگ سُوَرگ کے خواہاں تھے انہوں نے اس کی پوجا شروع کی، اور ہر کام کے آغاز میں اسے پہلے رکھا، رکاوٹوں کے نِوارن کے لیے یکسو رہے۔

Word by Word

• vaimānikaiḥ: by the celestial beings (vimāna-dwellers)
• vaimānikaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaimānika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• samabhyetya: having approached
• samabhyetya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√i (इ; धातु) + abhi (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having approached’

• sthāpitaḥ: was installed
• sthāpitaḥ: Karma (Object) / Predicative (passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था; धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘was installed/placed’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saḥ: he/that (deity)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun nominative singular

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhyā/Addressed group (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• yena: by whom/through whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• svarga-arthinaḥ: desiring heaven
• svarga-arthinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भावः: ‘svargasya arthī’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural adjective

• lokāḥ: people/worlds (people)
• lokāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• pracakrire: they performed
• pracakrire: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (कृ; धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘they performed’

• prathamam: first
• prathamam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• sarva-kṛtyeṣu: in all rites/acts
• sarva-kṛtyeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘sarvāṇi kṛtyāni’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन — Locative plural

• vighna-nāśāya: for the destruction of obstacles
• vighna-nāśāya: Sampradāna (Purpose/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘vighnānāṃ nāśaḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — Dative singular (purpose)

• tat-parāḥ: devoted to that (aim)
• tat-parāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘tasmin paraḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural adjective

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing dvijāḥ (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine installation (pratiṣṭhā) scene: celestial beings attend as a deity is set upon a pedestal; brāhmaṇas chant; devotees approach with offerings, placing the deity first in every rite for obstacle-removal.

Characters & Entities

• Vaimānikāḥ (celestial beings)
• Gaṇeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right beginnings require removing impediments; hence Gaṇeśa is honored first to align actions with auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where Gaṇeśa was installed; the excerpt does not name it explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Gaṇeśa first (prathamaṃ) in all rites and activities for vighna-nāśa (removal of obstacles), especially for those seeking svarga.