Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यदा यदुकुले श्रीमान्वासुदेवो भविष्यति । तदा तत्पदविन्यासान्नष्पापा त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

yadā yadukule śrīmānvāsudevo bhaviṣyati | tadā tatpadavinyāsānnaṣpāpā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

യദുകുലത്തിൽ ശ്രീമാൻ വാസുദേവൻ അവതരിക്കുന്നപ്പോൾ, അവന്റെ പാദവിന്യാസം (തിരുവടി സ്പർശം) മൂലം നീ പാപമുക്തയാകും.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• यदुकुले: in the Yadu lineage
• यदुकुले: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु + कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यदूनां कुलम्)

• श्रीमान्: glorious, illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will be / will appear
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• तत्-पद-विन्यासात्: from the placing of his feet (footsteps)
• तत्-पद-विन्यासात्: Apadana (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + पद + विन्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तस्य पदस्य विन्यासः)

• निष्पापा: sinless
• निष्पापा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्, प्रथमा (nominative)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhagavat-pāda-saṃsparśa-bhūmi (conceptual tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati proclaims a future vision: infant-to-youth Vāsudeva in Yadu lineage; luminous footprints touching the earth, washing away dark stains of sin.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yadu lineage
• Pṛthvī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence purifies: contact with the Lord (symbolized by his footprints) is presented as a supreme remover of impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse highlights sanctification of Earth itself through Vāsudeva’s pāda-vinyāsa (footstep-placement).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse states a theological assurance of purification through the Lord’s advent and sacred contact.