Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

हरेः पादोदकं दृष्ट्वा निःसृतं मुनयस्तु ते । विस्मिताः समपद्यन्त जानन्तस्तस्य गौरवम्

Transliteration

hareḥ pādodakaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥsṛtaṃ munayastu te | vismitāḥ samapadyanta jānantastasya gauravam

Translation

Als jene Weisen das Wasser sahen, das als Fußwasser Haris hervorgegangen war, gerieten sie in Staunen, denn sie kannten seine Hoheit und seine heiligende Kraft.

Word by Word

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• पादोदकम्: the foot-water
• पादोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda + udaka (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); पाद-उदक = ‘water of the feet’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having seen’

• निःसृतम्: flowing out/emerged
• निःसृतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ + sṛ (सृ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pādodakam)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Apposition to munayaḥ/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Nominative plural); सर्वनाम

• विस्मिताः: astonished
• विस्मिताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying munayaḥ)

• समपद्यन्त: approached/assembled
• समपद्यन्त: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pad (पद् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जानन्तः: knowing
• जानन्तः: Karta (Concomitant action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्तरि

• तस्य: of it/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• गौरवम्: greatness/majesty
• गौरवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-pādodaka in Revā (witnessed tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of ṛṣis on the riverbank gaze at a newly appearing stream of luminous water; their faces show wonder and recognition; hands raised in awe, some with añjali.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognition of tīrtha as divine presence: sacred water is not ordinary, but a carrier of the Lord’s sanctity and transformative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha at/within the Revā connected to the manifestation of Hari’s pādodaka (linked to Gaṅgā in the prior verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it underscores the sanctity of bathing/ritual use of Hari’s pādodaka.