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

Yaong sa pamamagitan ng tubig ng Maṇikarṇikā ay napasiyahan ang mga ninuno—siya rin ang naghandog ng śrāddha sa Gayā, na may pulot at matamis na payasa.

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.