Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

अन्वारब्धेन सव्येन तर्पयेत्षड्विनायकान् । ब्रह्मादीनखिलान्देवान्मरीच्यादींस्तथा मुनीन्

Transliteration

anvārabdhena savyena tarpayetṣaḍvināyakān | brahmādīnakhilāndevānmarīcyādīṃstathā munīn

Translation

Mit der heiligen Schnur in rechter Weise über der linken Seite getragen (savyopavīta), soll man die Wasserlibation (tarpana) den sechs Vināyakas darbringen, allen Göttern beginnend mit Brahmā, und ebenso den Weisen beginnend mit Marīci.

Word by Word

• अन्वारब्धेन: with (the hand) held/placed (as prescribed)
• अन्वारब्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-आ-√रभ् (धातु) → अन्वारब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (सव्येन) सह विशेषण: ‘with the left (hand) held/placed (in the prescribed way)’

• सव्येन: with the left (hand)
• सव्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘left (hand/side)’

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer libations to
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (धातु) (causative: तर्पय-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem)

• षट्-विनायकान्: the six Vināyakas
• षट्-विनायकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास: ‘षट् विनायकाः’

• ब्रह्म-आदीन्: Brahmā and the others
• ब्रह्म-आदीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘ब्रह्मा आदिः येषां ते’ (आदि-समासप्रयोग)

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (देवान्-विशेषण)

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मरीचि-आदीन्: Marīci and the others
• मरीचि-आदीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘मरीचिः आदिः येषां ते’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (likewise)

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-ghāṭa tarpana in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the river steps, a twice-born holds the sacred thread over the left shoulder and offers water with cupped hands; six small Vināyaka forms appear symbolically, with Brahmā and other devas above, and ṛṣis like Marīci seated in subtle vision.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka
• Brahmā
• Marīci
• Devas
• Munis
• Tarpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude and cosmic order are upheld by honoring divine and sage lineages through prescribed offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is taught within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma framework; the verse itself does not name a particular ghat or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tarpana in savyopavīta to six Vināyakas, then to the devas (from Brahmā) and ṛṣis (from Marīci).