Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

गोमूत्रेण समायुक्तं यावकं यः प्रयोजयेत् । कृच्छ्रमेकाह्न्किं प्रोक्तं शरीरस्य विशोधनम्

Transliteration

gomūtreṇa samāyuktaṃ yāvakaṃ yaḥ prayojayet | kṛcchramekāhnkiṃ proktaṃ śarīrasya viśodhanam

Translation

جو شخص گائے کے پیشاب کے ساتھ ملا ہوا یاوک (جو کا دلیہ) استعمال کرے—یہ ایک دن کا کِرِچّھر کہا گیا ہے، بدن کی تطہیر کے لیے۔

Word by Word

• gomūtreṇa: with cow-urine
• gomūtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + mūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः मूत्रम्)

• samāyuktam: mixed/combined
• samāyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (yāvakam इति)

• yāvakam: barley-gruel/food of yava
• yāvakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• prayojayet: should use/should consume
• prayojayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘cause to be used/consume’

• kṛcchram: a kṛcchra penance
• kṛcchram: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as predicate-noun

• ekāhnikam: of one day
• ekāhnikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + āhnika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एकम् आह्निकम् = of one day)

• proktam: is stated
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘is said’

• śarīrasya: of the body
• śarīrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśodhanam: purification/cleansing
• viśodhanam: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-√śudh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्युट्/अन-प्रत्यय, action-noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (general)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-vrati in simple cloth prepares barley gruel in a small pot, mixing it with a ritual measure of gomūtra; nearby are a water pot, kuśa grass, and a view of a Kāśī ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Yāvaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even brief, sincere discipline can serve as purification when done according to dharma and with a penitent intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśī’s dharma framework in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa rather than praising a single tirtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A one-day kṛcchra: consuming yāvaka (barley preparation) mixed with cow’s urine for bodily purification.