Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
ये त्वामिह प्रति चतुर्थि समर्चयंति ढुंढे विगाढमतयः कृतिनस्त एव । सर्वापदां शिरसि वामपदं निधाय सम्यग्गजानन गजाननतां लभंते
ye tvāmiha prati caturthi samarcayaṃti ḍhuṃḍhe vigāḍhamatayaḥ kṛtinasta eva | sarvāpadāṃ śirasi vāmapadaṃ nidhāya samyaggajānana gajānanatāṃ labhaṃte
噢，杜恩德（Dhūṇḍhe）啊，那些功德圆满、意志坚固的奉献者，在此每逢四日斋（Caturthī）礼敬供养于你——将一切灾厄踏在左足之下——便真实获得吉祥之境，安住于象面圣主伽阇难那（Gajānana）的护佑与恩典之中。
Skanda (phalaśruti for Dhūṇḍhirāja worship) in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa Skanda-to-Agastya frame
Tirtha: Dhūṇḍhi Vināyaka (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutor; practical audience are Caturthī observers
Scene: Resolute devotees worship Dhūṇḍhi on every Caturthī; calamities are symbolically crushed beneath the left foot; Gaṇeśa’s protective aura envelops them, signifying attained 'Gajānana-hood'—life lived in his guardianship.
FAQs
Regular Caturthī devotion to Gaṇeśa makes adversity powerless and establishes the devotee in divine protection.
Kāśī, where Dhūṇḍhirāja worship is portrayed as especially efficacious.
Worship Dhūṇḍhirāja Gaṇeśa on every Caturthī as a sustained vrata practice.