Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

जयादित्यकूपवरे नरः स्नात्वा प्रयत्नतः । गर्भेश्वरं नमस्कृत्य न स गर्भेषु मज्जति

Transliteration

jayādityakūpavare naraḥ snātvā prayatnataḥ | garbheśvaraṃ namaskṛtya na sa garbheṣu majjati

Translation

مَنِ اغتسلَ باجتهادٍ في بئرِ جاياديتيا الفاضل، ثم انحنى ساجدًا مُسلِّمًا لِغَربهيشڤرا، فلا يعودُ يغوصُ في الأرحامِ مرةً أخرى (أي لا يرجعُ إلى تكرارِ المولد).

Word by Word

• जयादित्यकूपवरे: in the excellent Jayāditya well
• जयादित्यकूपवरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयादित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कूप (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (जयादित्यस्य कूपः, तस्मिन् वरे)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु √स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bathed)

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): प्रयत्नतः = प्रयत्नेन/प्रयत्नात् (with effort)

• गर्भेश्वरम्: Garbheśvara (Lord over the womb)
• गर्भेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गर्भस्य ईश्वरः)

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed to
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्-√कृ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) from नमस्करोति; पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having saluted)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गर्भेषु: in wombs
• गर्भेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• मज्जति: sinks / is immersed (i.e., falls again)
• मज्जति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (धातु √मज्ज्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya-kūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the Jayāditya well, water dripping, then walks to a nearby Garbheśvara liṅga shrine and bows deeply; a symbolic lotus or broken chain suggests release from rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya-kūpa
• Garbheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Earnest tīrtha-bathing combined with Śiva-devotion (Garbheśvara) is praised as a means to transcend rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jayāditya-kūpa (the Jayāditya well), together with the shrine of Garbheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in Jayāditya-kūpa and namaskāra (reverent salutation) to Garbheśvara.