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

So wie dort in Kedāra die Frucht aus dem Trinken des Kedāra-Wassers erwächst, so entsteht eben diese Frucht auch hier in Kāśī für Männer wie für Frauen—daran besteht kein Zweifel.

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.