Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

याम्यां प्रणवविघ्नेशाद्गणेशो मोदकप्रियः । पूज्यः पिशंगिला तीर्थे देवनद्यास्तटे शुभे

Transliteration

yāmyāṃ praṇavavighneśādgaṇeśo modakapriyaḥ | pūjyaḥ piśaṃgilā tīrthe devanadyāstaṭe śubhe

Translation

Im Süden, von Praṇava-Vighneśa aus, ist Gaṇeśa, der die Modakas liebt. Er ist zu verehren am Piśaṃgilā-Tīrtha, am glückverheißenden Ufer des Devī-Flusses.

Word by Word

• yāmyām: in the southern direction
• yāmyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; दिशिवाचक

• praṇava-vighneśāt: from (the form called) Praṇava-Vighneśa
• praṇava-vighneśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇava (प्रातिपदिक) + vighneśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रणवस्य विघ्नेशः)

• gaṇeśaḥ: Gaṇeśa
• gaṇeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• modaka-priyaḥ: fond of modakas
• modaka-priyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: modaka (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मोदकः प्रियः यस्य)

• pūjyaḥ: to be worshipped
• pūjyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjya (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• piśaṃgilā: (at) Piśaṃgilā (a tīrtha)
• piśaṃgilā: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśaṃgilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण) अपेक्षिता; पाठे प्रथमा-एकवचनरूपम् (तीर्थ-नाम); अर्थतः 'पिशंगिला-तीर्थे' इति स्थाननिर्देश

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• devanadyāḥ: of the divine river
• devanadyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devanadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/genitive), एकवचन

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'taṭe' इति विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśaṃgilā Tīrtha (Devī-nadī taṭa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer interlocutor(s) within Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a serene riverbank (Devī-nadī), a small shrine of Gaṇeśa ‘Modakapriya’ receives offerings; pilgrims approach from the southward path marked from Praṇava-Vighneśa; water, steps, and lamps frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Praṇava-Vighneśa
• Piśaṃgilā Tīrtha
• Devī-nadī
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography and devotion unite: worship of Gaṇeśa at a specified tīrtha is upheld as a potent, place-rooted practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piśaṃgilā Tīrtha, located on the auspicious bank of the Devī-nadī within Kāśī’s landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā is prescribed at Piśaṃgilā Tīrtha; ‘modaka’ is implied as a favored offering since the deity is ‘modakapriyaḥ’.