Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

उदग्वहायाः स्वर्धुन्या रम्ये रोधसि विघ्नराट् । लंबोदरादुदीच्यां तु वक्रतुंडोघसंघहृत्

Transliteration

udagvahāyāḥ svardhunyā ramye rodhasi vighnarāṭ | laṃbodarādudīcyāṃ tu vakratuṃḍoghasaṃghahṛt

Translation

在那向北流淌的天河之秀丽河岸，住着障碍之王毗诃那罗阇（Vighna-rāṭ）。而在兰波达罗（Lambodara）之北，有曲牙象首者瓦克拉图恩达（Vakratuṇḍa），能除尽成堆罪业。

Word by Word

• उदग्वहायाः: of (the river) Udagvahā
• उदग्वहायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक् + वहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—उदकं वहति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• स्वर्धुन्या: by/with Svardhunī (a river)
• स्वर्धुन्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्धुनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• रम्ये: on the lovely
• रम्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (रोधसि)

• रोधसि: bank/shore
• रोधसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विघ्नराट्: Vighnarāṭ (king over obstacles)
• विघ्नराट्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + राज्/राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—विघ्नानां राट् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• लंबोदरात्: from Lambodara
• लंबोदरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्ब + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—लम्बम् उदरं यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि)

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern direction
• उदीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• वक्रतुंड: Vakratunḍa (the one with a curved trunk)
• वक्रतुंड: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्र + तुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—वक्रं तुण्डं यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि)

• ओघसंघहृत्: remover of masses of floods/hosts (of obstacles)
• ओघसंघहृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओघ + संघ + हृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—ओघानां संघं हरति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vighnarāṭ (Udagvāhā Svardhunī-tīra) and Vakratuṇḍa (north of Lambodara)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous riverbank scene: Vighnarāṭ stationed by the north-flowing sacred stream; further north, Vakratuṇḍa near/above a Lambodara shrine-marker; pilgrims offer durvā as dark ‘sin heaps’ dissolve into the water’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Svardhunī (Gaṅgā)
• Vighna-rāṭ
• Lambodara
• Vakratuṇḍa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-banks are framed as spiritually potent: Vināyaka forms both remove obstacles and cleanse accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The beautiful riverbank of Svardhunī (Gaṅgā) in Kāśī, and the northern sector relative to Lambodara where Vakratuṇḍa is situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is stated; the verse identifies locations and fruits—obstacle-control and sin-removal—associated with these Vināyakas.