Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

गणानां चैव सर्वेषामाधिपत्यं नगात्मजे । अस्य दत्तं मया यस्माद्भविष्यति गणाधिपः

Transliteration

gaṇānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmādhipatyaṃ nagātmaje | asya dattaṃ mayā yasmādbhaviṣyati gaṇādhipaḥ

Translation

“并且在一切伽那（Gaṇa）之上，噢，山之女，我已赐予他主宰之权；因此他将成为伽那之主——伽那提婆（Gaṇādhipa）。”

Word by Word

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• आधिपत्यम्: lordship, sovereignty
• आधिपत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नगात्मजे: O son of the mountain
• नगात्मजे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नगस्य आत्मजः)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र कर्मवाच्य-भावः: ‘given’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गणाधिपः: lord of the gaṇas
• गणाधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गणानाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda Gaṇādhipa (Vināyaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (nagātmajā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva formally grants sovereignty over all gaṇas to the deity, declaring he will be Gaṇādhipa; gaṇas appear as a retinue acknowledging their new lord; Pārvatī listens.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Gaṇas
• Gaṇādhipa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual order is divinely instituted: leadership is conferred to uphold harmony among Śiva’s hosts and in the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred setting (Arbuda/Mount Abu region) where this appointment is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports the custom of honoring Gaṇādhipa first, though no explicit vrata is stated in this verse.