Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ये विघ्नराज भवता करुणाकटाक्षैः संप्रेक्षिताः क्षितितले क्षणमात्रमत्र । तेषां क्षयंति सकलान्यपिकिल्विषाणि लक्ष्मीः कटाक्षयतितान्पुरुषोत्तमान्हि

Transliteration

ye vighnarāja bhavatā karuṇākaṭākṣaiḥ saṃprekṣitāḥ kṣititale kṣaṇamātramatra | teṣāṃ kṣayaṃti sakalānyapikilviṣāṇi lakṣmīḥ kaṭākṣayatitānpuruṣottamānhi

Translation

障碍之王啊，凡在此世间哪怕片刻蒙你慈目垂顾者：其一切罪垢皆得消灭，吉祥天女拉克希米亦将目光转向那些尊贵之人。

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vighnarāja: O king of obstacles (Gaṇeśa)
• vighnarāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विघ्नानां राजा), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्राय (honorific pronoun), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• karuṇā: compassion
• karuṇā: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: karuṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in karuṇā-kaṭākṣaiḥ)

• kaṭākṣaiḥ: with compassionate glances
• kaṭākṣaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭākṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (करुणा-कटाक्षैः = compassionate glances), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• saṃprekṣitāḥ: looked upon
• saṃprekṣitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+pra+√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kṣititale: on the surface of the earth
• kṣititale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षितेः तलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kṣaṇa: a moment
• kṣaṇa: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in kṣaṇa-mātram)

• mātram: for only a moment
• mātram: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षण-मात्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपे, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• kṣayanti: perish, are destroyed
• kṣayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣi (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• sakalāni: all
• sakalāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (किल्विषाणि)

• api: even
• api: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• kilviṣāṇi: sins, faults
• kilviṣāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilviṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• lakṣmīḥ: Fortune, prosperity
• lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kaṭākṣa: glance
• kaṭākṣa: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭākṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (in kaṭākṣa-yatitān)

• yatitān: those favored/targeted by (your) glance
• yatitān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कटाक्ष-यतितान् = those striven for by glances / those aimed at by a glance), कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• puruṣottamān: the best of men
• puruṣottamān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पुरुषः उत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇeśa as Vighnarāja turns his compassionate eyes toward a devotee on Kāśī’s earth; a beam-like glance dissolves black knots labeled ‘kilviṣa’; Lakṣmī appears in the periphery, turning her gaze toward the now-purified devotee, showering subtle lotuses/coins as symbols of auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa (Vighnarāja)
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace precedes effort: a moment of divine favor can dissolve karmic stains and attract auspicious prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa milieu (Vārāṇasī) frames the promise of quick spiritual benefit through devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal prescription; the verse emphasizes receiving Gaṇeśa’s grace through devotion and reverence.