{"id":78762,"date":"2026-04-13T01:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=78762"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:11:49","slug":"marks-on-radha-krishna-soles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/marks-on-radha-krishna-soles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marks on Radha Krishna’ Soles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Marks on Radha Krishna’ Soles<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Question<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Guru Maharaj,<\/span><\/p>\n

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You and Srila Prabhupada<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Srimad-Bhagavatam talks about Krsna having marks on His feet. Does Krsna really have these marks on the bottom of His feet?<\/span><\/p>\n

Did Lord Chaitanya have these marks on the bottom of his feet?<\/span><\/p>\n

Is looking for these marks at the bottom of the feet a way to figure out if it is really Krshna?<\/span><\/p>\n

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And, do all the incarnations of Krsna have these markings? For example, the tortoise, the boar, or the dwarf?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Please clarify this for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your servant,<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhakta Richard\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Bhakta Richard,<\/span><\/p>\n

Please receive my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The marks on Radha Krishna\u2019s soles are distinctive of Their divinity. Also, Sri Caitanya and Sri Nityananda have particular signs on Their soles.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no information (or at least not in the books I have read so far) of marks on other Avataras like the ones you mention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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When I find some information about it, I will let you know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We find a nice description of Radha Krishna\u2019s lotus feet in the \u201cA Glorification of Sri Sri Radha-Madhava\u201d by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Text 1<\/span><\/p>\n

candrardham kalasam tri-kona-dhanushi kham goshpadam proshthikam<\/span><\/p>\n

sankham savya-pade \u00b4tha dakshina-pade konashtakam svastikam<\/span><\/p>\n

cakram chatra-yavankusam dhvaja-pavi jamburdhva-rekhambujam<\/span><\/p>\n

bibhranam harim unavimsati-maha-lakshmy-arcitanghrim bhaje<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI worship Lord Hari (Krishna), whose feet are endowed with the 19 great opulences: On the left foot, a halfmoon, a water-pot, a\u00a0 triangle, a bow, a sky, a cow\u00b4s hoofprint, a fish, a conch, and on the right foot, the eight-pointed star, a svastika, a wheel, a parasol, a barleycorn, an elephant-goad, a flag, a thunderbolt, a jambu fruit, an urdhva-rekha, and lotus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Text 2<\/span><\/p>\n

cchatrari-dhvaja-valli-pushpa-valayan padmordhva-rekhankusan<\/span><\/p>\n

ardhendum ca yavam ca vamam anu ya saktim gadam syandanam<\/span><\/p>\n

vedi-kundala-matsya-parvata-daram datte \u00b4nv asavyam padam<\/span><\/p>\n

tam radham ciram unavimsati-maha-lakshmy-arcitanghrim bhaje<\/span><\/p>\n

I worship Sri Radha, whose feet are endowed with the 19 great opulences of, on the left foot, the parasol, ari, flag, vine, flower, bracelet, lotus, urdhva-rekha, elephant-goad, halfmoon, and barleycorn, and on the right foot, the sakti, club, chariot, altar, earrings, fish, mountain, and conchshell.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a section of the book \u201cA Sidelong Glance\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To buy the complete book,<\/span> click <\/span><\/a>here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n



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