Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अन्नाद्याय व्यूहध्वं सोमोराजाय मा गमत् । समे मुखं प्रमार्क्ष्यते यशसा च भगेन च

Transliteration

annādyāya vyūhadhvaṃ somorājāya mā gamat | same mukhaṃ pramārkṣyate yaśasā ca bhagena ca

Translation

«Ordonne (ce rite) pour la nourriture et le soutien; ne t’écarte pas de Soma, la divinité royale. Quand le visage est nettoyé d’une manière égale, il se trouve pourvu de renommée et de bonne fortune.»

Word by Word

• अन्नाद्याय: for food and provisions
• अन्नाद्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (दत्तिव/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘अन्नाद्य’ = अन्नादि-भोजनादि (food etc.)

• व्यूहध्वम्: move aside / make way
• व्यूहध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यूह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमोराजाय: for Soma the king
• सोमोराजाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमोराज (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + उराज/राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सोमोराज’ = सोमः राजा इव/राजा (Soma the king)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• गमत्: go
• गमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative; prohibitive with ‘मा’), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समे: on level (ground)
• समे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• मुखम्: mouth/face
• मुखम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रमार्क्ष्यते: is wiped/cleansed
• प्रमार्क्ष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• यशसा: with fame
• यशसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/सहकारक-भाव (instrumental)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भगेन: with fortune/prosperity
• भगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/सहकारक-भाव (instrumental)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Kāśī performs careful face-cleansing and prepares for worship, with Soma’s cool, lunar presence symbolically reflected in water and sacred plants used for cleansing.

Characters & Entities

• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and disciplined daily conduct support both worldly well-being (food, fortune) and dharmic auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on daily purity rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper cleansing/wiping of the mouth/face as part of morning purification, aligned with a Soma-associated sanctity.