Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि गारी यात्रामनुत्तमाम् । शुक्लपक्षे तृतीयायां या यात्रा विष्वगृद्धिदा

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi gārī yātrāmanuttamām | śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ yā yātrā viṣvagṛddhidā

Translation

Kini akan aku jelaskan ziarah Gaurī yang tiada bandingnya. Dilakukan pada hari ketiga (tṛtīyā) dalam separuh bulan terang, yātrā ini menganugerahkan kemakmuran dan pertambahan di segala arah.

Word by Word

• अतः: thereafter/therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ (therefore/thereafter)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम् (used adverbially), क्रमवाचक (further/next)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall proclaim
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• गारी: Gaurī (as ‘Gārī’ name)
• गारी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा/सम्बोधन एकवचन (nom./voc. sg.; here as title/name)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/rite-journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• अनुत्तमाम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) यात्राम् प्रति

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; components: शुक्ल + पक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the third lunar day)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

• यात्रा: the pilgrimage/observance
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन

• विष्वगृद्धिदा: giver of prosperity everywhere
• विष्वगृद्धिदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्वक्-ऋद्धि-दा (प्रातिपदिक; components: विष्वक् + ऋद्धि + दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (giver-of...) यात्रायाः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī-yātrā (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / pilgrims-instruction audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator in Kāśī announces an ‘unsurpassed’ Gaurī-yātrā for Śukla-tṛtīyā; pilgrims prepare with vessels, flowers, and lamps, with the skyline of ghāṭas and temples behind.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Tṛtīyā
• Śuklapakṣa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing and sacred geography unite: a specific tithi in Kāśī amplifies the fruit of devotion to Gaurī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as the setting for the Gaurī-yātrā, whose stations are detailed in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the Gaurī-yātrā on Śukla-pakṣa Tṛtīyā (bright fortnight, third lunar day).