Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

गोमूत्रेण समायुक्तं यावकं यः प्रयोजयेत् । कृच्छ्रमेकाह्न्किं प्रोक्तं शरीरस्य विशोधनम्

Transliteration

gomūtreṇa samāyuktaṃ yāvakaṃ yaḥ prayojayet | kṛcchramekāhnkiṃ proktaṃ śarīrasya viśodhanam

Translation

Wer yāvaka (Gerstenbrei) mit Kuhurin vermischt zu sich nimmt—dies wird als eintägiges kṛcchra gelehrt, zur Reinigung des Körpers.

Word by Word

• gomūtreṇa: with cow-urine
• gomūtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + mūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः मूत्रम्)

• samāyuktam: mixed/combined
• samāyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (yāvakam इति)

• yāvakam: barley-gruel/food of yava
• yāvakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• prayojayet: should use/should consume
• prayojayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘cause to be used/consume’

• kṛcchram: a kṛcchra penance
• kṛcchram: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as predicate-noun

• ekāhnikam: of one day
• ekāhnikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + āhnika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकम् आह्निकम् = of one day)

• proktam: is stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘is said’

• śarīrasya: of the body
• śarīrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśodhanam: purification/cleansing
• viśodhanam: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-√śudh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्युट्/अन-प्रत्यय, action-noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (general)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-vrati in simple cloth prepares barley gruel in a small pot, mixing it with a ritual measure of gomūtra; nearby are a water pot, kuśa grass, and a view of a Kāśī ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Yāvaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even brief, sincere discipline can serve as purification when done according to dharma and with a penitent intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśī’s dharma framework in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa rather than praising a single tirtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A one-day kṛcchra: consuming yāvaka (barley preparation) mixed with cow’s urine for bodily purification.