काश्यां पादोदके तीर्थे यैः कृता नोदकक्रियाः । जन्मैव विफलं तेषां जलबुद्बुद सश्रियाम्
kāśyāṃ pādodake tīrthe yaiḥ kṛtā nodakakriyāḥ | janmaiva viphalaṃ teṣāṃ jalabudbuda saśriyām
Ceux qui n’accomplissent pas les rites d’eau au saint Pādodaka de Kāśī—bien qu’ils aient l’éclat fugitif de la vie, tel une bulle sur l’eau—rendent vaine leur propre naissance.
Skanda
Tirtha: Pādodaka Tīrtha (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A bustling Kāśī ghāṭa with some pilgrims performing tarpaṇa (water offerings) while a distracted visitor walks past; above, a poetic overlay shows water bubbles rising and bursting, symbolizing fleeting life.
Because life is transient, one should not waste the rare opportunity of human birth; fulfilling dharma—especially water-rites and ancestral duties in a great tīrtha—is emphasized.
Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī.
Udaka-kriyāḥ—ritual acts with water, typically tarpaṇa/oblations and related offerings at the tīrtha.