Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

प्रातःस्नात्वा चतुर्थ्यां च संपूज्याचार्यमादृतः । वस्त्रैराभरणैर्माल्यैर्दक्षिणाभिर्मुदान्वितौ

Transliteration

prātaḥsnātvā caturthyāṃ ca saṃpūjyācāryamādṛtaḥ | vastrairābharaṇairmālyairdakṣiṇābhirmudānvitau

Translation

چتُرتھی کے دن صبح غسل کر کے، نہایت ادب سے آچاریہ کی پوری پوجا کریں؛ خوشی کے ساتھ کپڑے، زیورات، ہار اور دکشنا (نذرانہ) پیش کر کے ان کی تعظیم کریں۔

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having bathed’

• चतुर्थ्याम्: on the fourth lunar day
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

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

• संपूज्य: having worshipped fully
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having duly worshipped’

• आचार्यम्: the teacher
• आचार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आदृतः: being respectful
• आदृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √दृ (धातु) + क्त / आदृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘respectful/attentive’

• वस्त्रैः: with clothes
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• आभरणैः: with ornaments
• आभरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• माल्यैः: with garlands
• माल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• दक्षिणाभिः: with gifts/fees (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• मुदान्वितौ: endowed with joy
• मुदान्वितौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदा + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘अन्वित’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मुदया अन्वितौ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Caturthī, the couple emerges from the Ganga, then approaches the seated ācārya with trays of garlands, folded cloth, ornaments, and dakṣiṇā, faces bright with joy.

Characters & Entities

• Caturthī
• ācārya
• dakṣiṇā
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow becomes complete through purity (snāna), reverence to the guru, and joyful charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred landscape where dawn-bathing and guru-worship are framed as powerful dharmic acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ-snāna on Caturthī and ācārya-pūjā with vastra, ābharaṇa, mālya, and dakṣiṇā.