Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तावच्च जीवितं श्रेयो यावत्त्वं हृदि वर्तसे । रोगाः प्रशममायांति त्वत्पादोदक सेवनात्

Transliteration

tāvacca jīvitaṃ śreyo yāvattvaṃ hṛdi vartase | rogāḥ praśamamāyāṃti tvatpādodaka sevanāt

Translation

ชีวิตจะเป็นมงคลและประเสริฐก็เพียงตราบที่พระองค์สถิตอยู่ในดวงใจ. โรคภัยย่อมสงบและดับไปด้วยการเสวยปาโททกะ—น้ำที่ชำระพระบาทของพระองค์.

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Temporal measure/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: परिमाण-अव्यय (correlative adverb: so long/that much)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रेयः: good, auspicious
• श्रेयः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal measure/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: परिमाण-अव्यय (relative adverb: as long as)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• वर्तसे: abide, remain
• वर्तसे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• रोगाः: diseases
• रोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रशमम्: cessation, pacification
• प्रशमम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आयान्ति: come, reach
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• त्वत्: your/of you
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (genitive stem used in compound)

• पाद: foot
• पाद: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: त्वत्-पाद = your feet)

• उदक: water
• उदक: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-उत्तरपद; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास: त्वत्पादोदक = water of your feet

• सेवनात्: from/by (the act of) service
• सेवनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sevana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caraṇodaka/Caraṇāmṛta (pāda-tīrtha) within Kāśī worship culture

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with hands cupped receives caraṇāmṛta from a priest; the Lord is shown as a radiant presence within the devotee’s heart-lotus; shadowy ‘diseases’ dissolve into calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Viṣṇu
• pādodaka (caraṇāmṛta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest value of life is inner devotion, and sacred contact with the Lord’s pādodaka is praised as a remover of afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework, the verse supports the broader mahātmya of devotion in Kāśī rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevana of pādodaka (caraṇāmṛta)—partaking of sanctified water associated with the Lord’s worship.