Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तत्र पादोदके तीर्थेकृतसर्वोदकक्रियः । विलोक्य केशवादित्यं मुच्यते जन्मपातकैः

Transliteration

tatra pādodake tīrthekṛtasarvodakakriyaḥ | vilokya keśavādityaṃ mucyate janmapātakaiḥ

Translation

वहाँ पादोदक तीर्थ में समस्त जलकर्म (स्नानादि) करके, केशवादित्य के दर्शन मात्र से मनुष्य जन्म-जन्म के पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location-indicator/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पादोदके: in the foot-water (pādodaka)
• पादोदके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + उदक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादस्य उदकम् = foot-water)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• कृतसर्वोदकक्रियः: having performed all water-rituals
• कृतसर्वोदकक्रियः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ—धातु; कृ—करणे) + सर्व + उदक + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः (सर्वोदकक्रिया कृतः = one who has performed all water-rites)

• विलोक्य: having beheld
• विलोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु; लोक्—दर्शने)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): “having seen”

• केशवादित्यम्: Keśavāditya
• केशवादित्यम्: Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु; मुच्—मोचने)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): “is released”

• जन्मपातकैः: from birth-sins
• जन्मपातकैः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Separation—“from sins”/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + पातक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पातक-शब्दः नपुंसक); तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; समासः (जन्मना सम्बद्धानि पातकानि)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims perform water-rites at a small tīrtha pool/ghāṭ labeled Pādodaka; after rites they gaze upon the radiant Keśavāditya icon, with symbolic chains of sin breaking.

Characters & Entities

• Pādodaka Tīrtha
• Keśavāditya
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage in Kāśī unites rite and vision: tīrtha-ablution and darśana together are said to dissolve deep karmic impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka Tīrtha, connected with the darśana of Keśavāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing sarvodaka-kriyā (comprehensive water rites/ablutions) at Pādodaka Tīrtha and taking darśana of Keśavāditya.