Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

मणिकर्ण्यंबुभिर्येन तर्पिताः प्रपितामहाः । तेन श्राद्धानि दत्तानि गयायां मधुपायसैः

Transliteration

maṇikarṇyaṃbubhiryena tarpitāḥ prapitāmahāḥ | tena śrāddhāni dattāni gayāyāṃ madhupāyasaiḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดได้ทำตัรปณะให้บรรพชนพึงพอด้วยสายน้ำแห่งมณิกรณิกา ผู้นั้นประหนึ่งได้ถวายศราทธะ ณ คยา ด้วยข้าวน้ำนมหวานเจือน้ำผึ้ง

Word by Word

• मणिकर्ण्याम्बुभिः: with the waters of Maṇikarṇikā
• मणिकर्ण्याम्बुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिकर्ण्या-अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक: मणिकर्ण्या + अम्बु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; करण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मणिकर्ण्याः अम्बु)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृ (passive agent)

• तर्पिताः: were satisfied (with offerings)
• तर्पिताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; प्रपितामहाः इति विशेष्य; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• प्रपितामहाः: great-grandfathers/ancestors
• प्रपितामहाः: Karta (Grammatical subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तृस्थाने (कर्मणि वाक्ये)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृ (passive agent)

• श्राद्धानि: śrāddha rites
• श्राद्धानि: Karta (Grammatical subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तृस्थाने (कर्मणि वाक्ये)

• दत्तानि: were given/performed
• दत्तानि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• गयायाम्: in Gayā
• गयायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (स्थान)

• मधुपायसैः: with honeyed rice-pudding
• मधुपायसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुपायस (प्रातिपदिक: मधु + पायस)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; करण; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः (sweet rice-pudding with honey)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vīra (interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Maṇikarṇikā, a devotee performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands, water streaming back into the river; translucent ancestral figures appear satisfied, while a faint vignette of Gayā śrāddha with madhupāyasa is shown as an equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā
• Pitṛs/ancestors
• Gayā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Maṇikarṇikā is portrayed as a supreme tīrtha where ancestral rites (tarpaṇa) yield the same merit as famed śrāddha centers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī, with a comparison to Gayā as a benchmark tīrtha for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa to ancestors using Maṇikarṇikā water; śrāddha offerings (symbolically equated) like those done at Gayā with madhupāyasa.