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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र कन्देश्वरो देवो यत्र बद्धा जटा मया । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सम्यक्त्ं देवं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैः प्राप्नुयाच्छासनं शुभम्

Transliteration

tatra kandeśvaro devo yatra baddhā jaṭā mayā | tatra snātvā naraḥ samyaktṃ devaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa muktaḥ pātakairghoraiḥ prāpnuyācchāsanaṃ śubham

Translation

Dort ist die Gottheit Kandeśvara, wo Ich meine Jaṭā‑Locken zusammenband. Wer dort ordnungsgemäß badet und diesen Deva in Ehrfurcht verehrt, wird von schrecklichen Sünden befreit und erlangt das glückverheißende śāsana — göttliche Weisung und Gnade.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’
कन्द-ईश्वरःKandeśvara
कन्द-ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — देव-नाम (Kandeśvara)
देवःthe god
देवः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — समानाधिकरणम् (in apposition to Kandeśvara)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (relative adverb) — ‘where’
बद्धाःwere bound
बद्धाः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘(were) bound’; क्रियापद-लक्षणेण (elliptic ‘अभवन्’)
जटाःmatted locks
जटाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजटा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन — कर्तृ/विषय (the matted locks)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री (common), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by me’
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala (Absolutive/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having bathed’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — कर्ता (doer)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) — यथाविधि/सम्यग् (properly)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — पूजनस्य कर्म (object of worship)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun: ‘who’)
प्र-पूजयेत्should worship
प्र-पूजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should worship (well)’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — ‘he’
मुक्तःfreed
मुक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘freed’
पातकैःfrom sins
पातकैः:
Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — ‘from sins’ (अपादानार्थे तृतीया)
घोरैःterrible
घोरैः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — पातकानां विशेषणम् (terrible)
प्राप्नुयात्would attain
प्राप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘would attain/should obtain’
शासनम्a boon/command (reward)
शासनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशासन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — प्राप्तेः कर्म (object of attaining)
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — शासनस्य विशेषणम् (auspicious)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kandeśvara (at Tuṇḍapura/Gharghara-hrada, Hiraṇyā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lakeside shrine, pilgrims bathe and then worship a Śiva-liṅga named Kandeśvara; Śiva’s mythic gesture of binding his jaṭā is recalled as a luminous aura above the sanctum.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (Īśvara)
K
Kandeśvara
J
Jaṭā (matted locks)
S
Snāna
P
Pūjā
G
Gharghara-hrada

FAQs

Ritual purity (snāna) joined with devotion (pūjā) at a Śiva-sthala becomes a means of pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual uplift.

Kandeśvara at Tuṇḍapura near Gharghara-hrada, on the Hiraṇyā bank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

Bathe there properly (snāna) and then worship Kandeśvara with due reverence (pūjā).

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