Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

जनलोचनपीयूषा जटातटविहारिणी । जयंती जंजपूकघ्नी जनितज्ञानविग्रहा

Transliteration

janalocanapīyūṣā jaṭātaṭavihāriṇī | jayaṃtī jaṃjapūkaghnī janitajñānavigrahā

Translation

Sie ist Nektar für die Augen aller Wesen; sie spielt an den Ufern von Śivas verfilzten Haarflechten. Ewig siegreich vernichtet sie bösartige Leiden und offenbart verkörperte Weisheit denen, die bei ihr Zuflucht suchen.

Word by Word

• जनलोचनपीयूषा: nectar for people’s eyes (delightful to behold)
• जनलोचनपीयूषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जनानां लोचनानां पीयूषा)

• जटातटविहारिणी: she who roams on the bank of matted locks
• जटातटविहारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक) + तट (प्रातिपदिक) + विहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (जटातटे विहारिणी)

• जयंती: the victorious one
• जयंती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जंजपूकघ्नी: slayer of the jaṃjapūka (a demon/evil being)
• जंजपूकघ्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंजपूक (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जंजपूकस्य घ्नी/हन्त्री)

• जनितज्ञानविग्रहा: she whose form embodies produced/awakened knowledge
• जनितज्ञानविग्रहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनित (कृदन्त; √जन् धातु) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (जनितं ज्ञानं यस्याः सा; अथवा जनित-ज्ञानः विग्रहः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī-Gaṅgā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame) / pilgrims-seekers (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā as a radiant goddess emerging from Śiva’s matted locks, flowing past Kāśī ghāṭas; devotees gaze as if drinking nectar with their eyes; a subtle aura of jñāna (light) surrounds those who take refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṅgā is praised as a living power of purification and awakening—devotion to her leads to inner clarity and wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-tīra (the sacred riverfront of Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it functions as a name-stuti supporting snāna, darśana, and japa by praising Gaṅgā’s power.