Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तत्रस्थितोपि संसिद्धयै यतस्व सहितो गणैः । निर्विघ्नं कुरु चास्माकं नृपे विघ्नं समाचर

Transliteration

tatrasthitopi saṃsiddhayai yatasva sahito gaṇaiḥ | nirvighnaṃ kuru cāsmākaṃ nṛpe vighnaṃ samācara

Translation

“即便驻留彼处，也要与诸伽那同心用力，以成就此事。使我等之业无有障碍——而对那位国王，则令障碍生起。”

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• sthitaḥ: staying/remaining
• sthitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त) → sthita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (past participle)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात ‘also/even’

• saṃsiddhaye: for success/accomplishment
• saṃsiddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• yatasva: strive, make effort
• yatasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yat (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sah (धातु) + ita (इत) → sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (past participle) ‘accompanied’

• gaṇaiḥ: with the gaṇas (attendants)
• gaṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• nirvighnam: without obstacle; unobstructed
• nirvighnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• kuru: make, do
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• asmākam: of us; our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• nṛpe: in the king; for the king
• nṛpe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचन (अर्थे: ‘in/for the king’)

• vighnam: obstacle
• vighnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• samācara: perform, carry out
• samācara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā√car (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva) (instructional imperatives addressed to Gaṇeśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Gaṇeśa: strive for siddhi with the gaṇas, make ‘our work’ obstacle-free, and create obstacles for a certain king—depicting the dual power of vighna.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṇeśa
• Gaṇas
• Kāśī
• King (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obstacles serve dharma: the divine removes hindrances for righteous aims and restrains harmful power through impediments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as the operational sacred arena where divine governance is enacted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse describes Gaṇeśa’s functional role regarding vighna (obstacles).