Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

पीते पादोदके विप्रा नैवेद्यस्यापि भक्षणे । तुलसीसन्निधौ विष्णोर्विलयावसरे कृते

Transliteration

pīte pādodake viprā naivedyasyāpi bhakṣaṇe | tulasīsannidhau viṣṇorvilayāvasare kṛte

Translation

O mga brāhmaṇa, kapag sinisipsip ang tubig na panghugas sa mga paa ng Panginoon at kinakain maging ang naivedya na inialay—na ginagawa sa harap ng Tulasī—sa oras ng pagkalusaw ng lahat, ang tao’y sumisilong kay Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• pīte: when drunk
• pīte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pā (धातु) ‘to drink’)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं (contextual); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• pāda-udake: in the foot-water (water from washing feet)
• pāda-udake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादस्य उदकम्)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas / brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयोगः (vocative sense possible)

• naivedyasya: of the offering (food)
• naivedyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• bhakṣaṇe: in eating; in consumption
• bhakṣaṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tulasī-sannidhau: in the presence of Tulasī
• tulasī-sannidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तुलस्याः सन्निधिः)

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vilaya-avasare: at the time of dissolution (death/end)
• vilaya-avasare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक) + avasara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विलयस्य अवसरः)

• kṛte: when done; when performed
• kṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु))
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya context; first-person continuation appears in subsequent verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ / brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest offers naivedya before Viṣṇu; tulasī plant beside the altar; devotees sip pādodaka from a small spoon and receive prasāda; behind them a cosmic backdrop hinting at pralaya—waves, dissolving worlds—while Viṣṇu remains serene.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent Vaiṣṇava practice—honoring pādodaka and prasāda in Tulasī’s presence—becomes a powerful refuge even at cosmic dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā Māhātmya frames these practices as especially potent in the sacred sphere of Dvārakā, Viṣṇu’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sipping pādodaka and partaking of naivedya/prasāda, particularly in proximity to Tulasī.