Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

जटाधराश्च ये शैवाः सप्त पंच तथा नव । जटा ये स्थापियिष्यंति शैवेन विधिना युताः

Transliteration

jaṭādharāśca ye śaivāḥ sapta paṃca tathā nava | jaṭā ye sthāpiyiṣyaṃti śaivena vidhinā yutāḥ

Translation

Jene Śaivas, die Jaṭās, die verfilzten Haarsträhnen, tragen—sieben, fünf oder neun (Strähnen); und jene, die ihre Jaṭās nach der śaivischen Vorschrift einsetzen werden—

Word by Word

• जटाधराः: matted-hair wearers
• जटाधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु, अच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जटां धरन्ति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• शैवाः: Śaivas
• शैवाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Sambandha (Quantifier/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त (संख्यावाचक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक अव्यय (cardinal numeral)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Sambandha (Quantifier/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (संख्यावाचक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक अव्यय (cardinal numeral)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (and also/likewise)

• नव: nine
• नव: Sambandha (Quantifier/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नव (संख्यावाचक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक अव्यय (cardinal numeral)

• जटाः: matted locks
• जटाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• स्थापयिष्यन्ति: will arrange/set (them)
• स्थापयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + causative स्थापय (णिच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• शैवेन: Śaiva
• शैवेन: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘विधिना’ इति विशेषणम्

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• युताः: endowed/associated (with it)
• युताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘युक्ताः’ = endowed/associated

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the Ṛṣis (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of Śaiva ascetics in the Kedāra Himalaya, bearing jaṭās arranged in prescribed counts (five, seven, nine), with rudrākṣa malas and tripuṇḍra, preparing for worship near a mountain stream.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva discipline includes observances that align the devotee’s body and conduct with devotion to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra region), but the verse itself focuses on Śaiva observance rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping/arranging jaṭā (matted locks) according to Śaiva procedure; specific counts (five, seven, nine) are mentioned.