Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

कृतपादोदक स्नानं पीतपादोदकोदकम् । दत्तपादोदपानीयं नरं न निरयः स्पृशेत्

Transliteration

kṛtapādodaka snānaṃ pītapādodakodakam | dattapādodapānīyaṃ naraṃ na nirayaḥ spṛśet

Translation

यः पादोदके स्नात्वा पीतपादोदकोदकः, पादोदपानीयं च दत्तवान्—तं नरं निरयो न स्पृशेत्।

Word by Word

• kṛta-pāda-udaka-snānam: one who has bathed in the foot-water
• kṛta-pāda-udaka-snānam: Visheshana (Qualifier of naraṃ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (निर्देश): "कृतं पादोदके स्नानं यस्य" इत्यर्थे विशेषणवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• pīta-pāda-udaka-udakam: one who has drunk the foot-water
• pīta-pāda-udaka-udakam: Visheshana (Qualifier of naraṃ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: "पीतं पादोदकम्" (पादोदकं यदुदकं तत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• datta-pāda-uda-pānīyam: one who has offered the foot-water as drink (to others/manes)
• datta-pāda-uda-pānīyam: Visheshana (Qualifier of naraṃ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + uda/udaka (प्रातिपदिक) + pānīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: "दत्तं पादोदपानीयम्"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• naram: a man
• naram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• nirayaḥ: hell
• nirayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• spṛśet: would touch
• spṛśet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular): "may touch/would touch"

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the triad: bathing at the ford, sipping the sacred water, then offering it respectfully; in the background, a dark ‘naraka’ motif recedes, unable to approach.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pādodaka-tīrtha
• Niraya (hell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is intensified when devotion includes personal practice (bathing, drinking) and charity (sharing sacred water), leading to protection from severe post-mortem suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Pādodaka, drinking pādodaka, and giving pādodaka as pānīya (a sacred drink/charitable offering).