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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

Même le culte rendu à un réceptacle digne ne donne pas un fruit pareil à celui qu’on obtient—selon la règle—par le bain dans l’eau de Gaṅgā et par son adoration avec cette eau.

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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