Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सचक्र शालग्रामस्य शंखेन स्नापितस्य च । अद्भिः पादोदकस्यांबु पिबन्नमृततां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

sacakra śālagrāmasya śaṃkhena snāpitasya ca | adbhiḥ pādodakasyāṃbu pibannamṛtatāṃ vrajet

Translation

جو پادودک کا پانی—یعنی وہ آب جس سے چکر نشان شالگرام کو شنکھ کے ساتھ سنان کرایا گیا ہو—پیتا ہے، وہ امرتتوا (ہمیشگی) کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• स-चक्र: with the discus-mark
• स-चक्र: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन-समर्थ (विशेषणरूपेण); समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘चक्रयुक्तः’)

• शालग्रामस्य: of the Śālagrāma (stone)
• शालग्रामस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• शंखेन: with a conch
• शंखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• स्नापितस्य: of (that) bathed
• स्नापितस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative + क्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of (that which is) bathed/washed’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अद्भिः: with waters
• अद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/अद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (अप्), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘with waters’

• पाद-उदकस्य: of the foot-water
• पाद-उदकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• अम्बु: water
• अम्बु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पिबन्: (one) drinking
• पिबन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present Active Participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘drinking’

• अमृतताम्: immortality
• अमृतताम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: should attain/go to
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣṇu-Pādodaka (Śālagrāma-snāpana pādodaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śālagrāma stone with cakra-mark rests on a pedestal; a priest pours water from a conch over it; devotees collect the dripping pādodaka in a small cup and sip it, with a luminous aura suggesting amṛta.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śālagrāma
• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Sudarśana-cakra (discus mark)
• Pādodaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated water from Viṣṇu worship—especially Śālagrāma abhiṣeka—is treated as life-giving nectar, pointing to liberation and enduring spiritual life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pādodaka-tīrtha/Viṣṇupādodaka context in Kāśī; additionally, it extols Śālagrāma-pādodaka as supremely sanctifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śālagrāma snāna (abhiṣeka) with a conch and drinking the resulting pādodaka.