Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा पूज्यतमो हि सः । कपर्द्दी सर्वदेवानामाद्यो विघ्नेश्वरः प्रभुः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yathā pūjyatamo hi saḥ | kaparddī sarvadevānāmādyo vighneśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
Đức Īśvara phán: “Hãy lắng nghe, hỡi Nữ Thần; Ta sẽ giảng rõ vì sao Ngài thật là bậc đáng thờ phụng nhất. Kaparddī chính là Vighneśvara, Đấng Chúa Tể nguyên thủy giữa muôn thần.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kaparddī (Vighneśvara) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara answers Devī: Kaparddī is the primordial Vighneśvara, most worthy of worship among gods—explaining why he is approached first.
FAQs
The remover-governor of obstacles is honored first because he presides over the successful commencement of all sacred acts.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the teaching is embedded within the Someśvara-centered Māhātmya narrative.
Worship begins with Kaparddī/Vighneśvara as the foremost deity to be honored at the start of rites.