Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

केदारोदकपानेन यथा तत्र फलं भवेत् । तथात्र जायते पुंसां स्त्रीणां चापि न संशयः

Transliteration

kedārodakapānena yathā tatra phalaṃ bhavet | tathātra jāyate puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ cāpi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

وكما أن الثمرة تنشأ هناك في كيدارا (Kedāra) من شرب ماء كيدارا، كذلك تنشأ هنا في كاشي (Kāśī) تلك الثمرة نفسها للرجال وللنساء أيضًا—لا ريب في ذلك.

Word by Word

• केदारोदकपानेन: by drinking Kedāra-water
• केदारोदकपानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार + उदक + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—केदारस्य उदकस्य पानम्

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (comparative/‘as’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa (Place adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• फलम्: result, fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: may be, would occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (correlative ‘so/likewise’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa (Place adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• पुंसाम्: of men
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• न: not, no
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-udaka in Kāśī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General devotees; explicitly inclusive of men and women

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives a small vessel of ‘Kedāra-water’ at a Kāśī shrine; men and women stand together, sipping reverently; the shrine’s liṅga glows, suggesting the trans-local sanctity of the water.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Kedāra-water
• Kāśī (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred merit is not limited by distance; Kāśī mystically grants the same tīrtha-fruit as Kedāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara and its sanctified water, as mirrored within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking (pāna) of Kedāra-water as a merit-bearing act.