Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

जयादित्यं नमस्कृत्य रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् । जयादित्यं पूजयंति कूपे स्नात्वा नरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

jayādityaṃ namaskṛtya rudralokamavāpnuyāt | jayādityaṃ pūjayaṃti kūpe snātvā narottamāḥ

Translation

En se prosternant devant Jayāditya, on atteint le monde de Rudra. Les meilleurs des hommes, après s’être baignés dans le puits, rendent un culte à Jayāditya.

Word by Word

• जयादित्यम्: Jayāditya (deity/name)
• जयादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (जयः आदित्यः) / देवतानाम

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having saluted'

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जयादित्यम्: Jayāditya
• जयादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयन्ति: worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कूपे: in/at the well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having bathed'

• नरोत्तमाः: excellent men
• नरोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः नराः)

Speaker

Nārada (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya-kūpa (sacred well)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees draw water from a sacred well, then stand before Jayāditya’s icon—radiant like the sun—offering flowers and lamps; a subtle Śaiva aura suggests Rudra’s blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Rudraloka
• Kūpa (sacred well)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence and worship at a consecrated spot, joined with purification, is said to lead to exalted spiritual destinations like Rudraloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jayāditya shrine/holy presence connected with a sacred well used for ritual bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kūpa-snāna (bathing at the well) and pūjā/namaskāra to Jayāditya.