Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

आवाहनार्घ्यरहितं पिंडान्दद्यात्प्रयत्नतः । वसुरुद्रादितिसुतस्वरूपपुरुषत्रयम्

Transliteration

āvāhanārghyarahitaṃ piṃḍāndadyātprayatnataḥ | vasurudrāditisutasvarūpapuruṣatrayam

Translation

Hãy cẩn trọng dâng piṇḍa, không kèm nghi thức āvāhana và arghya, như một tam vị puruṣa hiện thân của các Vasu, các Rudra và các Āditya.

Word by Word

• आवाहनार्घ्यरहितम्: devoid of invocation and arghya-offering
• आवाहनार्घ्यरहितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवाहन + अर्घ्य + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; नञ्-भावार्थे ‘रहित’ अन्त-तत्पुरुषः (आवाहनार्घ्ययोः रहितम्)

• पिंडान्: rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• पिंडान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्रयत्नतः: with care/effort
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya (रीति-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: ‘with effort’)

• वसुरुद्रादितिसुतस्वरूपपुरुषत्रयम्: the triad of persons in the forms of Vasus, Rudras, and Aditi’s sons (Ādityas)
• वसुरुद्रादितिसुतस्वरूपपुरुषत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु + रुद्र + अदिति-सुत + स्वरूप + पुरुष + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः; ‘त्रयम्’ मुख्यपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candroda (śrāddha spot)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest and pilgrim sit on the ghat platform; three piṇḍas are placed in a row on darbha; above them, symbolic presence of the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas suggested through subtle iconographic motifs (eight, eleven, twelve) in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Rudras
• Ādityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a highly sanctified tīrtha, śrāddha may be performed in a simplified yet potent form, with offerings linked to cosmic divine groups.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction continues within the Candroda-tīrtha context in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer three piṇḍas carefully, omitting āvāhana and arghya, conceiving them as a triad related to Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas.