Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
गृहस्थोऽपि च यो भक्त्या स्मरेत्कार्य उपस्थिते । अविघ्नं तस्य तत्सर्वं संसिद्धिमुपगच्छति
gṛhastho'pi ca yo bhaktyā smaretkārya upasthite | avighnaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ saṃsiddhimupagacchati
گھر گرہست بھی اگر کوئی کام سامنے آئے تو بھکتی کے ساتھ (وِنایک) کا سمرن کرے، تو اس کا ہر کام بے رکاوٹ چلتا ہے اور کامل کامیابی کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Pulastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Vināyaka (as Vighneśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A householder at the threshold of a new undertaking—writing, trade, travel, or ritual—folds hands and remembers Vināyaka; obstacles dissolve symbolically as the path clears.
FAQs
Gaṇeśa-smaraṇa is presented as practical dharma for householders, transforming duties into obstacle-free success.
The teaching arises in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka context, extending the site’s merit into daily life through remembrance.
Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Vināyaka at the moment a task begins.