Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र पादोदके तीर्थे ये स्नास्यंतीह मानवाः । तेषां विनश्यति क्षिप्रं पापं सप्तभवार्जितम्

Transliteration

tatra pādodake tīrthe ye snāsyaṃtīha mānavāḥ | teṣāṃ vinaśyati kṣipraṃ pāpaṃ saptabhavārjitam

Translation

ഇവിടെ പാദോദക തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യരുടെ ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപം വേഗത്തിൽ നശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): "there"

• pāda-udake: in the foot-water
• pāda-udake: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "पादस्य उदके"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• tīrthe: in the sacred place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc, nom plural); सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• snāsyanti: will bathe
• snāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय: "here"

• mānavāḥ: people/humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc, nom plural)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• vinaśyati: is destroyed/perishes
• vinaśyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner/time): "quickly"

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter, nominative singular)

• sapta-bhava-arjitam: acquired over seven births
• sapta-bhava-arjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + arjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (समाहार/निर्देश): "सप्तभवेषु अर्जितम्"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpam)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees enter the sacred ford at dawn, hands joined, taking a ritual dip; the water is subtly luminous, suggesting ‘seven-birth’ sin being washed away.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pādodaka-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-bathing performed with faith in a praised tīrtha is portrayed as a powerful means of purification, even of long-standing karmic burden.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Pādodaka-tīrtha.