Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

नित्यं पादोदकं मूर्ध्ना मया धार्यं सुभक्तितः । नैवेद्यभक्षणं चैव करिष्यामि सुभक्तितः

Transliteration

nityaṃ pādodakaṃ mūrdhnā mayā dhāryaṃ subhaktitaḥ | naivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ caiva kariṣyāmi subhaktitaḥ

Translation

میں خلوصِ عقیدت سے روزانہ آپ کے قدموں کو دھونے والا پانی اپنے سر پر رکھوں گا، اور اسی عقیدت سے آپ کا نَیویدیہ (پرساد) تناول کروں گا۔

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-विशेषणम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (indecl.; adverb)

• पादोदकम्: water of the feet (foot-wash)
• पादोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पादस्य उदकम्’) (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• मूर्ध्ना: with (my) head
• मूर्ध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (masc. instr. sg.)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartrikarana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• धार्यम्: to be held/worn
• धार्यम्: Vidheya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्य (कृदन्त; √धृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्तव्यतार्थक-भावः (neut. nom./acc. sg.; to be borne/held)

• सुभक्तितः: with sincere devotion
• सुभक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); हेतौ/प्रकारे (indecl.; ‘out of/with good devotion’)

• नैवेद्यभक्षणम्: eating of the offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यभक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य + भक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘नैवेद्यस्य भक्षणम्’) (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

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

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indecl.; emphatic particle)

• करिष्यामि: I shall do
• करिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (fut. 1sg.)

• सुभक्तितः: with sincere devotion
• सुभक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; प्रकारे/हेतौ (indecl.)

Speaker

Candraśarman (addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted brāhmaṇa stands before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine in Dvārakā, lifting a small vessel of caraṇāmṛta/pāda-tīrtha to his head; attendants present a plate of naivedya; the sanctum glows with lamps and conch-shell motifs of the sea-city.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Pādodaka
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and grace: revering the Lord’s pādodaka and honoring prasāda purify the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as a living center of Kṛṣṇa’s worship where such temple practices are meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking pādodaka upon one’s head and eating the Lord’s naivedya as prasāda.