Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

पंचचूडाह्रदे स्नात्वा ज्येष्ठस्थानं ततोर्चयेत् । चतुःसमुद्रकूपे तु स्नात्वा देवं समर्चयेत्

Transliteration

paṃcacūḍāhrade snātvā jyeṣṭhasthānaṃ tatorcayet | catuḥsamudrakūpe tu snātvā devaṃ samarcayet

Translation

Après s’être baigné dans le lac Pañcacūḍā, qu’il adore ensuite Jyeṣṭhasthāna. Et s’étant baigné au puits nommé Catuḥsamudra, qu’il rende un culte dû au Deva (le Seigneur).

Word by Word

• पंचचूडाह्रदे: in the Pañcacūḍā lake
• पंचचूडाह्रदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चचूडा + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चचूडायाः ह्रदः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• ज्येष्ठस्थानम्: the Jyeṣṭhasthāna (chief shrine/place)
• ज्येष्ठस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (ज्येष्ठं स्थानम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• चतुःसमुद्रकूपे: in the Catuḥsamudra well
• चतुःसमुद्रकूपे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुः + समुद्र + कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चतुःसमुद्राणां कूपः)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• समर्चयेत्: should worship duly
• समर्चयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcacūḍā-hrada; Catuḥsamudra-kūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn bathes in a lotus-edged lake, then proceeds with folded hands to a shrine named Jyeṣṭhasthāna; next he draws water from an ancient well called ‘Four-Oceans’ and offers it in worship to the Deva.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcacūḍā Hrada
• Jyeṣṭhasthāna
• Catuḥsamudra Kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred geography is traversed through disciplined sequence: snāna purifies, and arcana seals devotion through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcacūḍā hrada, Jyeṣṭhasthāna, and the Catuḥsamudra kūpa within the Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Pañcacūḍā hrada and worship Jyeṣṭhasthāna; bathe at Catuḥsamudra well and worship the deity.