Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

भानवेऽर्घं प्रदद्याच्च स्वकीय पितृभिः सह । सोतितेजो विमानेन सूर्यलोके महीयते

Transliteration

bhānave'rghaṃ pradadyācca svakīya pitṛbhiḥ saha | sotitejo vimānena sūryaloke mahīyate

Translation

Man soll dem Sonnengott Arghya darbringen, zusammen mit den eigenen Ahnen. Ein solcher Verehrer wird in der Welt Sūryas geehrt und von einem strahlenden, lodernden himmlischen Vimāna dorthin getragen.

Word by Word

• भानवे: to the Sun
• भानवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अर्घम्: arghya offering
• अर्घम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रदद्यात्: should offer/give
• प्रदद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• स्वकीयैः: with one’s own
• स्वकीयैः: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pitṛbhiḥ इत्यस्य)

• पितृभिः: with the forefathers
• पितृभिः: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition: ‘with’)

• सोतितेजः: (arghya) with risen brilliance / radiant
• सोतितेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + उदित + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक); स=सहित (अव्ययार्थ), उदित (कृदन्त), तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अर्घः/फलम् इत्यर्थे)

• विमानेन: by/with a celestial chariot
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सूर्यलोके: in the world of the Sun
• सूर्यलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored/is glorified)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn on the Gaṅgā bank offers arghya to the rising Sun, with subtle ancestral presence behind him; a radiant vimāna descends in the sky, suffusing the scene with golden light.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Solar worship joined with remembrance of the Pitṛs elevates the devotee to honored, luminous realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context centers on Gaṅgā-linked rites in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where such offerings gain exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya (water oblation) to the Sun, performed along with ancestral intention/association (pitṛ-sambandha).