Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

भद्रकालीं नरो दृष्ट्वा नाभद्रं पश्यति क्वचित् । भद्रनागस्य पुरतो भद्रवाप्यां कृतोदकः

Transliteration

bhadrakālīṃ naro dṛṣṭvā nābhadraṃ paśyati kvacit | bhadranāgasya purato bhadravāpyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ

Translation

Pagkakita kay Bhadrakālī, ang tao’y hindi nakakakita ng anumang masama saanman. At matapos maghandog ng tubig sa Bhadravāpī sa harap ni Bhadranāga, siya’y nagiging laging mapalad.

Word by Word

• भद्रकालीम्: Bhadrakālī (the goddess)
• भद्रकालीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रकाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—भद्रा च सा काली च (कर्मधारय)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’

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

• अभद्रम्: inauspiciousness, misfortune
• अभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• क्वचित्: anywhere, ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/काल-अर्थे (adverb: ‘anywhere/ever’)

• भद्रनागस्य: of Bhadranāga
• भद्रनागस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रनाग (प्रातिपदिक: भद्र + नाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—भद्रः नागः (कर्मधारय)

• पुरतः: in front of
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक (adverb/postposition: ‘in front of’)

• भद्रवाप्याम्: in the Bhadravāpī (auspicious tank)
• भद्रवाप्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रवापी (प्रातिपदिक: भद्रा + वापी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—भद्रा वापी (कर्मधारय)

• कृतोदकः: one who has performed the water-rite/ablution
• कृतोदकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतोदक (प्रातिपदिक: कृत + उदक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कृतम् उदकम् येन/यस्मिन् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष; ‘one who has made/arranged water’, i.e., has performed water-offering/ablution)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadravāpī (in front of Bhadranāga) with Bhadrakālī-darśana

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before fierce-yet-benevolent Bhadrakālī; nearby a stone-marked nāga icon (Bhadranāga) guards a circular well (Bhadravāpī) where the pilgrim offers water, the atmosphere charged with protective auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakālī
• Bhadranāga
• Bhadravāpī
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s Devi-darśana and tīrtha-water rites are portrayed as direct remedies for inauspiciousness and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhadrakālī’s darśana, Bhadravāpī (sacred water-site), and the spot before Bhadranāga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Bhadrakālī and performing an udaka rite (ablution/water-offering) at Bhadravāpī.