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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

गुणवत्पात्रपूजायां न स्याद्वै तादृशं फलम् । यथा गंगाजलस्नान पूजने विधिना फलम्

Transliteration

guṇavatpātrapūjāyāṃ na syādvai tādṛśaṃ phalam | yathā gaṃgājalasnāna pūjane vidhinā phalam

Translation

Selbst die Verehrung eines würdigen Empfängers bringt nicht eine solche Frucht hervor wie die Frucht, die—nach Vorschrift—aus dem Bad im Wasser der Gaṅgā und aus der Verehrung mit diesem Wasser erwächst.

Word by Word
गुणवत्virtuous, possessing qualities
गुणवत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक; प्रातिपदिक (indeclinable-like stem in compound); विशेषणार्थ (qualifier)
पात्रworthy recipient, vessel
पात्र:
Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (compound member)
पूजायाम्in the worship of a worthy (virtuous) recipient
पूजायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.); समासः: गुणवत्-पात्र-पूजा (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समाससन्निकर्षः; overall determinative)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन (3rd sg.)
वैindeed
वै:
Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
तादृशम्such, of that kind
तादृशम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.)
फलम्result, fruit
फलम्:
Karta (Subject/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.)
यथाjust as
यथा:
Upamāna/Prakāra (Comparison marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative: as/just as)
गङ्गाGanga
गङ्गा:
Samāsa-aṅga
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (compound member)
जलwater
जल:
Samāsa-aṅga
TypeNoun
Rootजल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (compound member)
स्नानम्bathing in Ganga-water
स्नानम्:
Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.); समासः: गङ्गा-जल-स्नान (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषः: 'गङ्गाजले स्नानम्')
पूजनेin worship
पूजने:
Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी/द्वितीया एकवचन (Loc./Acc. sg.; here Loc. 'in worship')
विधिनाaccording to rule, by proper method
विधिना:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)
फलम्result
फलम्:
Karta (Subject/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī or internal interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees at dawn perform Gaṅgā-snānā; one pours Gaṅgā-jala in a small abhiṣeka over a liṅga or a Gaṅgā icon, while a learned priest gestures to the 'vidhi'—clean vessels, mantras, and orderly steps.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaṅgā

FAQs

Gaṅgā-jala, used in snāna and pūjā with proper vidhi, is claimed to generate extraordinary merit beyond conventional acts of honouring the virtuous.

Gaṅgā as a living tīrtha whose water itself functions as a sanctifying ritual medium.

Perform snāna and pūjā using Gaṅgā-jala, following proper ritual procedure (vidhi).

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