[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 14.32 # Skandapurana 14.32 Skandapurāṇa 14.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.1) pulastya uvāca .. .. mahāvināyakaṃ gacchettataḥ pārthivasattama .. yasmindṛṣṭe nṛṇāṃ sadyo nirvighnatvaṃ prajāyate .. 1 .. .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Mahāvināyaka, O best of kings, / upon seeing whom freedom from obstacles immediately arises for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.2) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. kathaṃ mahattvamagamatpūrvaṃ tatra vināyakaḥ .. kasminkāle dvijaśreṣṭha sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 2 .. .. > Yayāti said: / How did Vināyaka formerly attain greatness there? / At what time, O best of the twice-born? Tell me everything in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.3) pulastya uvāca .. .. purodvarttanajaṃ lepaṃ gṛhītvā nṛpa pārvatī .. vinodārthaṃ cakārātha bālakaṃ sukumārakam .. 3 .. > Pulastya said: / Formerly, O king, Pārvatī took the paste born of her fragrant body-ointment / and, for diversion, made a delicate boy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.4) lepābhāvācchirohīnaṃ śeṣāṃgāvayavaṃ nṛpa .. yathoktaṃ nirmayitvā taṃ skandaṃ vākyamathābravīt .. 4 .. > For lack of paste, he was headless, having all the other limbs and members, O king. / Having fashioned him as described, she then spoke to Skanda: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.5) lepamānaya bhadraṃ te śiro'rthaṃ skanda satvaram .. yenāyaṃ putrako me syādbhrātā te paradurjayaḥ .. 5 .. > “Bring paste quickly for a head, Skanda, may good fortune be yours, / so that he may be my little son, and your brother, invincible to enemies!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.6) tato gaurīsamādeśāllepālabdhau nṛpottama .. mattaṃ gajavaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śirastasya samānayat .. 6 .. > Then, by Gaurī's command, unable to find paste, O best of kings, / seeing an elephant in rut, he brought its head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.7) tasminniyojayāmāsa gātre lepasamudbhave .. mahaddhīdaṃ śiro bhāvi putra kasmāttvayā''hṛtam .. 7 .. > He affixed it onto that body born of the paste: / “Indeed, this head will be huge, my son! Why did you bring it?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.8) bruvaṃtyāścāpi pārvatyā mā meti ca muhurmuhuḥ .. nyaste śirasi tadgātre daivayogānnarādhipa .. 8 .. > Even while Pārvatī was crying, “No, no!” again and again, / the head was joined to that body by the power of destiny, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.9) viśeṣānnāyakatvaṃ ca gātrebhyaḥ samajāyata .. bālakapratimaṃ kāntaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 9 .. > And preeminence arose especially from those limbs; / he looked like a boy, lovely, endowed with all auspicious marks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.10) trigaṃbhīraṃ caturhastaṃ saptaraktaṃ mahīpate .. ṣaḍunnataṃ pañcadīrghaṃ paścasūkṣmaṃ susundaram.. 7.3.32.10 .. > with three deep, four hands, seven red, O king, / six elevated, five long, five subtle, exceedingly beautiful, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.11) trivistīrṇaṃ mahārāja dṛṣṭvā gaurī suvismitā .. sajīvaṃ kārayāmāsa svaśaktyā śaktirūpiṇī .. 11 .. > and three expansive, O great king. Seeing him, Gaurī was utterly astonished; / she, the embodiment of power, brought him to life by her own power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.12) sa sajīvaḥ kṛto devyā samuttasthau ca tatkṣaṇāt .. ādeśaṃ yācayāmāsa vinayānatakandharaḥ .. 12 .. > Brought to life by the goddess, he stood up that very instant / and requested a command, bending his neck in modesty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.13) taṃ dṛṣṭvā cādbhutākāraṃ proktvā putraṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. śaṃbhoḥ sakāśamanayatprahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .. 13 .. > Seeing him of wondrous form, calling him her son again and again, / she brought him before Śambhu with a heart overflowing with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.14) tato'bravītsutaṃ deva mamaiva gātralepajam .. dehi deva varānitthaṃ mahattvaṃ yena gacchati .. 14 .. > Then she said, “O God, to my son, born from the paste of my own body, / give boons, O God, so that he may attain greatness.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.15) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. śarīrasthaṃ śiro mukhyaṃ yasmātparvatanandini .. mahattvidaṃ śiraḥ proktaṃ tvayā skandena yojitam.. 15 .. > The Lord said: / “Because the head on the body is principal, O daughter of the mountain, / and this head you Skanda joined is said to be huge (mahat), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.16) viśeṣānnāyakatvaṃ ca gātre cāsya yataḥ sthitam.. mahāvināyako hyeṣa tasmānnāmnā bhaviṣyati .. 16.. > and because preeminence (nāyakatva) resides particularly in his body, / therefore he shall be named Mahāvināyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.17) gaṇānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmādhipatyaṃ nagātmaje .. asya dattaṃ mayā yasmādbhaviṣyati gaṇādhipaḥ .. 17 .. > Moreover, lordship over all the attendants (gaṇas), O daughter of the mountain, / has been given to him by me, wherefore he shall be the Lord of Attendants (Gaṇādhipa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.18) sarvakāryeṣu ye martyāḥ pūrvamenaṃ gaṇādhipam .. smariṣyaṃti na vai teṣāṃ kāryahānirbhaviṣyati .. 18 .. > Those mortals who remember this Gaṇādhipa first in all undertakings / shall never suffer failure in their deeds.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.19) tato'sya pradadau skandaḥ prakrīḍārthaṃ kuṭhārakam .. tadeva cāyudhaṃ tasya supriyaṃ hi sadā'bhavat .. 19 .. > Then Skanda gave him an axe to play with, / and that very weapon was indeed always exceedingly dear to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.20) tato gaurī dadau bhojyapātraṃ modakapūritam .. putrasnehātsa tatprāpya lāsyamevaṃ tadā'karot .. 7.3.32.20 .. > Then Gaurī gave him a vessel of food filled with sweetmeats; / out of affection for his mother, having received it, he then danced joyfully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.21) tasya bhakṣyasya gandhena niṣkrānto mūṣako bilāt .. bhakṣaṇāccāmaro jātastasya vāhyo vyajāyata .. 21 .. > Drawn by the scent of that sweetmeat, a mouse came out from its hole; / and from eating it, he became immortal and became his vehicle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.22) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. mahāvināyako hyevaṃ tatra jāto mahī pate .. tasmindṛṣṭe ca yatpuṇyaṃ tattvamekamanāḥ śṛṇu .. 22 .. > Pulastya said: / Thus indeed Mahāvināyaka was born there, O lord of the earth. / Hear with a single mind the merit obtained upon seeing him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.23) bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi yat .. karoti mānavo rājaṃstasmātpāpātpramucyate .. 23 .. > Whatever sin a man commits in childhood, / in old age, or in youth, O king, he is freed from that sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.24) māghamāse site pakṣe caturthyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ .. yastaṃ paśyati vāggmī sa sarvajñaśca prajāyate .. tasyāgre sumahatkuṇḍaṃ svacchodakapūritam .. 24 .. > Fasting on the fourth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Māgha, / he who sees him becomes eloquent and omniscient. / In front of him is a very large pool filled with clear water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.25) tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā yaḥ paśyati vināyakam.. tasyānvaye'pi sarvajñā jāyante mānavā nṛpa ..25.. > having bathed there, the man who gazes upon Vināyaka with devotion— / in his lineage too, O king, men are born omniscient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.26) gaṇānāṃ tveti maṃtreṇa kṛtvā vai triḥ pradakṣiṇam.. yastaṃ paśyati rājendra duritaṃ na sa paśyati .. 26 .. > Having made three circumambulations with the mantra beginning “gaṇānāṃ tvā...”, / he who sees him, O king of kings, sees no misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.27) tasmātsarvaprayatnena taṃ prapaśyedvināyakam .. ya icchetsakalānkāmāniha loke paratra ca .. 27 .. > Therefore, with every effort, one should behold that Vināyaka, / if one desires all objects of desire in this world and the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.28) gṛhastho'pi ca yo bhaktyā smaretkārya upasthite .. avighnaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ saṃsiddhimupagacchati .. 28 .. > Even a householder who remembers him with devotion when a task is at hand— / all that \[task\] goes to fulfillment without obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.29) prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ smareddevaṃ vināyakam .. tasya taddinajātāni siddhiṃ kṛtyāni yāṃti hi .. 29 .. > The mortal who, rising in the morning, remembers the god Vināyaka— / the deeds born of that day indeed reach success for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.30) vivāhe kalahe yuddhe prasthāne kṛṣikarmaṇi .. praveśe ca smaredyastu bhaktipūrvaṃ vināyakam .. tasya tadvāṃchitaṃ sarvaṃ prasādāttasya siddhyati .. 7.3.32.30 .. > In marriage, dispute, battle, setting forth, agricultural work, / and entering \[a new house\], he who remembers Vināyaka with devotion / attains all that he desires through his grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.31) mahāvināyakīṃ śāṃtiṃ yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ .. na taṃ pretā grahā rogāḥ pīḍayaṃti vināyakāḥ ..31.. > He who performs the pacification rite of Mahāvināyaka with a concentrated mind / is not afflicted by ghosts, planetary spirits, diseases, or obstructing spirits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.32) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. mahāvaināyikīṃ śāṃtiṃ vada me munisattama .. ke maṃtrāḥ kiṃ vidhānaṃ ca paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 32 .. > Yayāti said: / Tell me, O best of sages, about the pacification rite of Mahāvināyaka: / what are the mantras, and what is the procedure? For my curiosity is great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.33) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. śuklapakṣe śubhe vāre nakṣatre doṣavarjite .. śreṣṭhacaṃdrabale śāṃtiṃ gaṇeśasya samācaret .. 33 .. > Pulastya said: / In the bright fortnight, on an auspicious weekday, under a lunar mansion free of defects, / when the power of the moon is supreme, one should perform the pacification rite of Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.34) pūrvottare same deśe kṛtvā vediṃ ca maṃḍapam .. madhye cāṣṭadalaṃ padmaṃ gṛhyasūtraṃ prayojayet ..34.. > Having made an altar and a pavilion on level ground in the northeast, / and in the center an eight-petaled lotus, one should apply the domestic ritual manual; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.35) indrādilokapālāṃśca dikṣu sarvāsu bhūpate .. gaṇeśapūrvikāścāpi mātaraśca viśeṣataḥ .. 35 .. > and the world-guardians, Indra and the others, in all directions, O king, / as well as the Mothers, especially with Gaṇeśa at their head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.36) gaṃdhapuṣpopahāraiśca yathoktairbalivistaraiḥ .. śvetavastrayugacchannaṃ kalaśaṃ jalapūritam .. 36 .. > with scents, flowers, offerings, and extensive oblations as prescribed, / \[and\] a water-filled pot covered with a pair of white cloths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.37) tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge sahiraṇyaṃ phalānvitam .. 37 .. > in the eastern quarter of that very \[altar\], accompanied by gold and fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.37\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.37_1) gaṇānāṃ tveti maṃtreṇa sahasraṃ cāṣṭasaṃyutam .. japettatra tathā cārūnpaṃcāṃgānnṛpasattama .. 35 .. > With the mantra beginning 'gaṇānāṃ tvā' one should recite \[it\] eight thousand times, / and likewise, O best of kings, the beautiful five limbs \[of the mantra\]. .. 35 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.39) vināyakaṃ samuddiśya puraḥ kuṇḍe karātmake .. caturasre yoniyute mekhalābhirvibhūṣite .. 39 .. > Dedicaing it to Vināyaka, in a fire-pit in front measuring one cubit, / four-cornered, furnished with a vulva-shaped hearth, and adorned with rims, .. 39 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.40) madhudūrvākṣataihomairgrahahomādanaṃtaram .. gaṇānāṃ tveti maṃtreṇa daśasāhasrikastathā .. 7.3.32.40 .. > with oblations of honey, dūrvā grass, and unbroken rice, after the oblation to the planets, / likewise a rite of ten thousand \[oblations\] with the mantra beginning 'gaṇānāṃ tvā' .. 7.3.32.40 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.41) kāryo vai pārthivaśreṣṭha kāryaścodaṅmukhairdvijaiḥ .. caturbhiścaturai rājanpītavastrānulepanaiḥ .. 41 .. > must indeed be performed, O best of rulers, and performed by twice-born ones facing north, / four skillful \[brahmins\], O king, wearing yellow garments and yellow ointments, .. 41 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.42) pītāṃbaradharaiścaiva dhṛtahemāṃgulīyakaiḥ .. tato homāvasāne tu yajamānaṃ nṛpottama .. 42 .. > clad in yellow robes and wearing gold rings on their fingers. / Then, at the end of the oblation, O best of kings, the patron of the sacrifice, .. 42 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.43) mṛgacarmoparisthaṃ ca maṃtrairebhirvidhānataḥ .. snāpayetprāṅmukhaṃ śāṃtaṃ śuklavastrāvaguṃṭhitam .. 43 .. > seated upon a deer skin, according to the rule with these mantras, / calm, veiled in white cloth, facing east, one should bathe. .. 43 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.44) imaṃ me gaṃge yamune paṃcanadyaḥ supuṣkare .. śrīsūktasahitaṃ viṣṇoḥ pāvamānaṃ vṛṣākapim .. 44 .. > \[Reciting\] 'imaṃ me gaṅge yamune', the Five Rivers, the Supuṣkara hymn, / the Pāvamāna hymn of Viṣṇu accompanied by the Śrīsūkta, and the Vṛṣākapi hymn, .. 44 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.45) samyaguccārya vighnānāṃ tato nāśaṃ prapadyate .. grahāḥ saumyatvamāyāṃti bhūtā naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt ..45.. > properly reciting \[them\], one attains the destruction of obstacles. / The planets become benevolent, and ghosts perish in that very moment. ..45.. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.46) ādhayo vyādhayo raudrā duṣṭarogā jvarādayaḥ .. praṇaśyaṃti drutaṃ sarve tathotpātāḥ sudāruṇāḥ .. 46 .. > Mental agonies, physical ailments, dreadful and malignant diseases such as fevers / quickly all perish, as do very dire portents. .. 46 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.47) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. vināyakasya māhātmyaṃ mahattvaṃ śāṃtikaṃ tathā ..47.. > All this has been told to you that you asked of me: / the greatness of Vināyaka, his majesty, and the pacifying rite. ..47.. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.48) yaśca kīrttayate samyakcaturthyāṃ susamāhitaḥ .. śṛṇoti vā nṛpaśreṣṭha tasyā'vighnaṃ sadā bhavet .. 48 .. > And whoever, deeply concentrated, properly recites or hears \[this\] / on the fourth lunar day, O best of kings, for him there shall always be freedom from obstacles. .. 48 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.49) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyanyajeccedaṃ samāhitaḥ .. tattadāpnoti nūnaṃ ca gaṇanāthaprasādataḥ .. 49 .. > Whatever desire one contemplates when one performs this sacrifice with concentration, / that very desire one surely attains through the grace of the Lord of Gaṇas. .. 49 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.32.49\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32.49_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe vināyakamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 .. .. > Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, titled 'Description of the Greatness of Vināyaka', in the Arbuda Section of the third part, within the seventh book, the Prabhāsa Section, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. .. 32 .. .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.32.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.32) · Pramāṇa