Shloka 6 - Adhyaya 28 - Purva Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Kannada | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । मुनऽत्र मैत्रावरुणे यथा देवेन भाषितम् । शुणु त्रिपथगामिन्या माहात्म्यं पातकापहम्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | muna'tra maitrāvaruṇe yathā devena bhāṣitam | śuṇu tripathagāminyā māhātmyaṃ pātakāpaham

Translation

ಸ್ಕಂದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಮೈತ್ರಾವರುಣ ಮುನಿಯೇ! ದೇವನು ಹೇಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನೋ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಳು; ತ್ರಿಪಥಗಾಮಿನಿ (ಗಂಗೆ)ಯ ಪಾತಕಾಪಹ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು.

Word by Word

स्कन्दःSkanda

उवाचsaid

मुनेO sage

अत्रhere, in this context

मैत्रावरुणेO Maitrāvaruṇa (Agastya)

यथाas, just as

देवेनby the god (the Lord)

भाषितम्spoken

शृणुlisten

त्रिपथगामिन्याःof the three-pathed (Gaṅgā)

माहात्म्यम्glory, greatness

पातकापहम्removing sins

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripathagā Gaṅgā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa), inviting him to listen to Gaṅgā’s sin-destroying greatness exactly as spoken by the Lord.

Characters & Entities

Skanda

Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)

Gaṅgā (Tripathagāminī)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself dharmic: it orients the mind toward purification and pilgrimage faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā, praised as Tripathagāminī, central to Kāśī’s tīrtha identity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A listening/recitation context is implied—hear the māhātmya as taught by authoritative tradition.