Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

न तस्य दुःखं नो पामा न दद्रुर्न विचर्चिका । लोलार्कमर्के यः पश्येत्तत्पादोदकसेवकः

Transliteration

na tasya duḥkhaṃ no pāmā na dadrurna vicarcikā | lolārkamarke yaḥ paśyettatpādodakasevakaḥ

Translation

جو اتوار کے دن لولارک کے درشن کرے اور اس کے قدموں سے متبرک پانی (پادودک) نوش کرے، اس کے لیے نہ غم ہے، نہ خارش، نہ داد، نہ جلدی پھوڑے پھنسی۔

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नो: nor
• नो: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; ‘न उ’/‘नो’ = and not, nor

• पामा: eczema/skin disease (pāmā)
• पामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; skin-disease term

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• दद्रुः: ringworm (dadru)
• दद्रुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; skin-disease term

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• विचर्चिका: itch/scabies-like disease (vicarcikā)
• विचर्चिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; skin-disease term

• लोलार्कम्: Lolārka
• लोलार्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अर्के: on Sunday
• अर्के: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; time-locative (on Sunday)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see, may see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; potential/conditional sense

• तत्: his/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन-प्रायः; in compound as genitive relation (‘of him/that’)

• पादोदकसेवकः: one who partakes of (serves) the water from his feet
• पादोदकसेवकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पादस्य उदकम् = पादोदकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तस्य सेवकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); overall ‘one who partakes/serves the foot-water’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives tīrtha water from a priest at Lolārka shrine on Sunday; the devotee sips and anoints forehead; imagery of healing—skin clearing, calm face—while Sūrya’s light shines.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Āditya/Sūrya
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional contact (darśana and tīrtha-jala) is portrayed as bringing both inner relief (from sorrow) and bodily well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka in Kāśī, along with the sanctified water associated with the deity/tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sunday darśana of Lolārka and reverent use/consumption of the tīrtha-water described as ‘pādodaka’.