Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यद्वंश्या मुनयः काश्यां घंटाकर्णे महाह्रदे । कृतोदकक्रियाः प्राप्ताः परां सिद्धिं घटोद्भव

Transliteration

yadvaṃśyā munayaḥ kāśyāṃ ghaṃṭākarṇe mahāhrade | kṛtodakakriyāḥ prāptāḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ ghaṭodbhava

Translation

O Ghaṭodbhava (Agastya), die Weisen jenes Geschlechts erlangten, nachdem sie am großen See Gaṇṭākarṇas in Kāśī die Wasser-Riten vollzogen hatten, die höchste Siddhi.

Word by Word

• यद्वंश्याः: belonging to whose lineage
• यद्वंश्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत् + वंश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• घण्टाकर्णे: at Ghaṇṭākarṇa
• घण्टाकर्णे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• महाह्रदे: in the great lake
• महाह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतोदकक्रियाः: having performed water-rites
• कृतोदकक्रियाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय) + उदक + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त 'कृत' (done) + समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• प्राप्ताः: attained/reached
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• सिद्धिम्: perfection/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• घटोद्भव: O Pot-born one (Agastya)
• घटोद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṇṭākarṇa Mahāhrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava) is addressed; in the background, sages of a lineage perform udaka-kriyā at a vast sacred lake in Kāśī and rise in luminous siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Sages (Munis)
• Kāśī
• Gaṇṭākarṇa Mahāhrada
• Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed rites at a powerful tīrtha can culminate in high spiritual attainment, as exemplified by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṇṭākarṇa Mahāhrada (great lake) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Udaka-kriyā (water rites such as tarpana and related observances).