Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कुंडं चखान तस्याग्रे विमलोदक संज्ञकम् । यस्य तोयस्य संस्पर्शाद्विमलो जायते नरः

Transliteration

kuṃḍaṃ cakhāna tasyāgre vimalodaka saṃjñakam | yasya toyasya saṃsparśādvimalo jāyate naraḥ

Translation

Davor grub er einen Teich, Vimalodaka genannt; durch die bloße Berührung seines Wassers wird der Mensch rein und makellos.

Word by Word

• कुण्डम्: a pit/pond
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चखान: dug
• चखान: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: खन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विमलोदकसंज्ञकम्: called ‘Vimala-udaka’
• विमलोदकसंज्ञकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल + उदक + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (विमलम् उदकम् इति संज्ञा यस्य)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तोयस्य: of the water
• तोयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संस्पर्शात्: from contact
• संस्पर्शात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विमलः: pure
• विमलः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नरः)

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalodaka Kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear stone-lined pond before a liṅga shrine; pilgrims touch or bathe in shimmering water labeled ‘Vimalodaka’; the water’s surface reflects a bright, spotless aura; lotuses and steps (ghāṭa-like) frame the kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Vimalodaka Kuṇḍa
• Kapardīśvara Liṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s holiness is concretely experienced through its tīrthas—sacred waters that purify body and mind and support dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vimalodaka Kuṇḍa, the sacred pond before Kapardīśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Contact with the tīrtha-water (implying snāna or reverent use of the water) is praised as purifying.