Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

पादौ सुमांसलौ रक्तौ समौ सूक्ष्मौ सुशौभनौ । समगुल्फौ स्वेदहीनौ स्निग्धावैश्वर्यसूचकौ

Transliteration

pādau sumāṃsalau raktau samau sūkṣmau suśaubhanau | samagulphau svedahīnau snigdhāvaiśvaryasūcakau

Translation

যাৰ পা মাংসল, ৰক্তিম, সমান, সূক্ষ্ম-ত্বকাযুক্ত আৰু সুন্দৰ; গুল্ফ (গোঁড়ালি) সমতুল; অধিক ঘামবিহীন আৰু স্বাভাৱিকভাৱে মসৃণ—সেয়া ঐশ্বৰ্য আৰু প্ৰভুত্বৰ সৌভাগ্যৰ লক্ষণ।

Word by Word

• पादौ: (two) feet
• पादौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सुमांसलौ: very fleshy
• सुमांसलौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + मांसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्मधारय/उपपदसमासभावः: 'सु-मांसल' = very fleshy

• रक्तौ: reddish
• रक्तौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• समौ: even/symmetrical
• समौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सूक्ष्मौ: fine/delicate
• सूक्ष्मौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सुशौभनौ: very beautiful
• सुशौभनौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; 'सु-शोभन' = very beautiful

• समगुल्फौ: with even ankles
• समगुल्फौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक) + गुल्फ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्मधारय: 'समौ गुल्फौ यस्य' (even ankles)

• स्वेदहीनौ: free from sweating
• स्वेदहीनौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; नञ्/तत्पुरुषभावः: 'स्वेदेन हीन' = devoid of sweat

• स्निग्धौ: smooth/oily
• स्निग्धौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• ऐश्वर्यसूचकौ: indicators of prosperity
• ऐश्वर्यसूचकौ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'ऐश्वर्यस्य सूचक' = indicating prosperity

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee’s feet—well-fleshed, reddish, smooth—stand on wet stone steps of a Kāśī ghāṭa after snāna; balanced ankles are emphasized; a faint lotus motif appears in the water reflection, hinting at Śrī.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is framed as a visible outcome of accumulated merit, reflected in auspicious physical harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting underlies the teaching, but no single shrine or ghāṭa is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides lakṣaṇas (signs) and their phala (results).