Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थं तु विज्ञेयं पर्वतस्यानु पश्चिमे । ह्रदो जालेश्वरो नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ parvatasyānu paścime | hrado jāleśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

Translation

Là, à l’ouest de la montagne, il faut connaître un saint tīrtha : un lac nommé Jāleśvara, renommé dans les trois mondes.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विज्ञेयम्: to be known, should be recognized
• विज्ञेयम्: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) (वि + ज्ञा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक-भावे/कर्मणि कृदन्त (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्यय: ‘to be known’)

• पर्वतस्य: of the mountain
• पर्वतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• अनु: along, near, following
• अनु: Sambandha (Prepositional relation/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition); ‘along/after/near’

• पश्चिमे: in the west (western side)
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• ह्रदः: lake
• ह्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• जालेश्वरः: Jāleśvara (proper name)
• जालेश्वरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; नाम, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जालस्य ईश्वरः)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable marker of naming)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतः: renowned
• विश्रुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) (वि + श्रु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara Hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil sacred lake to the west of a towering mountain; a small Śiva shrine or liṅga near the bank; pilgrims arriving with water pots; the lake surface reflects the peak and sky.

Characters & Entities

• Amarakanṭaka
• Jāleśvara (hrada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing and honoring specific tīrthas is itself a form of dharma, because holy geography preserves and transmits merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara— a famed lake-tīrtha situated to the west of Amarakanṭaka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is identificatory: one should recognize/know this tīrtha (its location and name).