Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यच्च हस्तशतादूर्ध्वं सरस्तत्र विधीयते । संवेशेऽपि क्रमश्चायं पादौ प्रक्षाल्य यद्बहिः

Transliteration

yacca hastaśatādūrdhvaṃ sarastatra vidhīyate | saṃveśe'pi kramaścāyaṃ pādau prakṣālya yadbahiḥ

Translation

നൂറു ഹസ്തം അകലെയൊരു സരോവരം ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ അവിടെ സ്നാനം വിധിസമ്മതം. എങ്കിലും ക്രമം ഇതേ—പുറത്ത് നിന്നു ആദ്യം പാദങ്ങൾ കഴുകി, പിന്നെ പ്രവേശിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• hasta-śatāt: from a hundred hands (i.e., 100 cubits/hands)
• hasta-śatāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-समासान्त (from a hundred hands)

• ūrdhvam: upwards/above
• ūrdhvam: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• saraḥ: a lake/pond
• saraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

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

• vidhīyate: is prescribed/laid down
• vidhīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा) उपसर्गः vi-; धातु
• Form: लट्, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• saṃveśe: in lying down/going to bed
• saṃveśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-निपात (particle: even/also)

• kramaḥ: procedure/order
• kramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine nominative singular; demonstrative pronoun)

• pādau: (the) two feet
• pādau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन (masculine accusative dual)

• prakṣālya: having washed
• prakṣālya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṣāl (क्षाल्) धातु
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having washed

• yat: which/that (place/thing)
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: outside)

Speaker

Suhṛdaya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a sacred lake set at a distance; he pauses at the bank, washes his feet outside, then prepares to enter with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Suhṛdaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred practice is governed by ordered procedure; purity begins with humble preliminaries like washing the feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific lake is named; the verse gives a general rule used in tīrtha/temple-water contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A distance-based allowance (beyond 100 hastas) and a procedural rule: wash the feet first while outside.