Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

पादोदकाख्यस्तत्रैव कूपः पापविनाशकः । प्राश्य तस्योदकं मर्त्यो न मर्त्यो जायते पुनः

Transliteration

pādodakākhyastatraiva kūpaḥ pāpavināśakaḥ | prāśya tasyodakaṃ martyo na martyo jāyate punaḥ

Translation

Là même se trouve un puits nommé Pādodaka, qui détruit les péchés. Celui qui en boit une gorgée, bien que mortel, ne renaît plus comme mortel.

Word by Word

• पादोदकाख्यः: named ‘Pādodaka’
• पादोदकाख्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पादोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (पादोदक-आख्यः = 'पादोदक' इति नाम यस्य)

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• कूपः: a well
• कूपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पापविनाशकः: destroyer of sins
• पापविनाशकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य विनाशकः)

• प्राश्य: having drunk/sipped
• प्राश्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-अश् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• तस्य: of it/of that (well)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मर्त्यः: a mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• मर्त्यः: (as) mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (विधेय/प्रत्याख्यान)

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

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-kūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stone-lined ancient well labeled ‘Pādodaka’; a pilgrim draws water with a small vessel and performs ācamanam; subtle aura/light rising from the well, indicating pāpa-vināśa and mokṣa promise.

Characters & Entities

• Pādodaka-kūpa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with consecrated tīrtha-water, taken with faith, is praised as a direct means to purification and release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pādodaka well (Pādodaka-kūpa) in the Triviṣṭapa region of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sip/drink the water of the Pādodaka well for pāpa-kṣaya and freedom from rebirth.