Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
यावज्जीवमहं भूयां त्वत्पादोदकपायिनी । खखोल्कानि पतेदेषा भृशगद्गदभाषिणी
yāvajjīvamahaṃ bhūyāṃ tvatpādodakapāyinī | khakholkāni patedeṣā bhṛśagadgadabhāṣiṇī
جب تک میں زندہ رہوں، میں تیرے قدموں کے دھوئے ہوئے پانی کو پینے والی بنی رہوں۔ یوں کہہ کر وہ—شدید کپکپی سے گلا بھرا ہوا—گھبراہٹ میں ‘کھکھولکانی…’ کہہ اٹھی۔
Kadrū
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the frame narrative
Scene: A supplicant, shaking and stammering, vows to drink the water that has washed the protector’s feet; the scene focuses on a small vessel of water, bowed posture, and the protector’s composed presence.
FAQs
Reverential service (sevā) is expressed through pādodaka—symbolizing acceptance of another’s protection and the purification gained through humility.
No specific Kāśī tīrtha is named in this line; the focus is interpersonal supplication within the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
No formal rite is prescribed; the imagery of pādodaka highlights devotional etiquette rather than a mandated ritual.