Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततः पादोदकात्तीर्थात्तीर्थं क्षीराब्धिसंज्ञकम् । तत्रार्जित महापुण्यो वसेत्क्षीराब्धिरोधसि

Transliteration

tataḥ pādodakāttīrthāttīrthaṃ kṣīrābdhisaṃjñakam | tatrārjita mahāpuṇyo vasetkṣīrābdhirodhasi

Translation

Dann gibt es von der Tīrtha Pādodaka aus eine weitere heilige Stätte namens «Kṣīrābdhi», der Milchozean. Wer dort großes Verdienst erwirbt, wohnt am Ufer des Kṣīrābdhi.

Word by Word

• ततः: from there, then
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival adverb: ‘from there/then’)

• पादोदकात्: from the pādodaka
• पादोदकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पादस्य उदकम्)

• तीर्थात्: from the tīrtha
• तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a tīrtha (sacred place)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate)

• क्षीराब्धिसंज्ञकम्: named ‘Kṣīrābdhi’ (Ocean of Milk)
• क्षीराब्धिसंज्ञकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षीराब्धिः इति संज्ञा यस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• अर्जितमहापुण्यः: one who has obtained great merit
• अर्जितमहापुण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्जित (अर्ज्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः—‘अर्जितं महत् पुण्यं येन’

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• क्षीराब्धिरोधसि: on the shore of the Ocean of Milk
• क्षीराब्धिरोधसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + रोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (क्षीराब्धेः रोधसि = तटे)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrābdhi-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī tīrtha portrayed as a milky, luminous waterbody; pilgrims stand at a bright ‘shore’ with white foam-like light, offering lamps and flowers; above, faint imagery of the cosmic Kṣīra-samudra with divine beings appears as a visionary overlay.

Characters & Entities

• Pādodaka tīrtha
• Kṣīrābdhi tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage in Kāśī is mapped as a sequence of power-spots; each tīrtha grants distinct fruits culminating in exalted states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrābdhi-named tīrtha, described as connected to/approached from the Pādodaka tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General performance of merit-producing acts at the Kṣīrābdhi tīrtha (implied pilgrimage/worship), resulting in dwelling at its ‘shore’ (symbolic exalted realm).