Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

गणानां चैव सर्वेषामाधिपत्यं नगात्मजे । अस्य दत्तं मया यस्माद्भविष्यति गणाधिपः

Transliteration

gaṇānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmādhipatyaṃ nagātmaje | asya dattaṃ mayā yasmādbhaviṣyati gaṇādhipaḥ

Translation

“اے دخترِ کوہ! تمام گنوں پر سرداری میں نے اسے عطا کی ہے؛ اسی لیے وہ گنوں کا مالک، گن آدھیپ، بنے گا۔”

Word by Word

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• आधिपत्यम्: lordship, sovereignty
• आधिपत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नगात्मजे: O son of the mountain
• नगात्मजे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नगस्य आत्मजः)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र कर्मवाच्य-भावः: ‘given’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गणाधिपः: lord of the gaṇas
• गणाधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गणानाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda Gaṇādhipa (Vināyaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (nagātmajā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva formally grants sovereignty over all gaṇas to the deity, declaring he will be Gaṇādhipa; gaṇas appear as a retinue acknowledging their new lord; Pārvatī listens.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Gaṇas
• Gaṇādhipa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual order is divinely instituted: leadership is conferred to uphold harmony among Śiva’s hosts and in the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred setting (Arbuda/Mount Abu region) where this appointment is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports the custom of honoring Gaṇādhipa first, though no explicit vrata is stated in this verse.