Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

जाले निपतितो यस्माद्दाशानामृषिसत्तमः । जालेश्वरेति नामासौ विख्यातः पृथिवीतले

Transliteration

jāle nipatito yasmāddāśānāmṛṣisattamaḥ | jāleśvareti nāmāsau vikhyātaḥ pṛthivītale

Translation

Parce que le plus éminent des ṛṣis tomba dans un filet de pêcheurs, il devint célèbre sur la terre sous le nom de « Jāleśvara ».

Word by Word

• जाले: in/into the net
• जाले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• निपतितः: fallen
• निपतितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘fallen’

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular ‘from which/because of which’

• दाशानाम्: of the fishermen
• दाशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• ऋषिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• ऋषिसत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ऋषीणां सत्तमः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• जालेश्वर: Jāleśvara
• जालेश्वर: Samjna/Name (संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (इति-शब्दरूपेण); ‘जालस्य ईश्वरः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-suchaka (Quotation/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-निपात; quotation marker

• नाम: name
• नाम: Prayojaka/Predicate (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as predicate ‘name’

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘renowned’

• पृथिवीतले: on the surface of the earth
• पृथिवीतले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘पृथिव्याः तलम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable sage, entangled in a wide fishermen’s net near the shore/river-mouth, is rescued or stands composed; the scene explains the name ‘Jāleśvara’ while a liṅga shrine is hinted nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Jāleśvara
• dāśa (fishermen)
• ṛṣisattama (great sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ordinary circumstances become sacred when they serve as the setting for divine manifestation and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara—Śiva’s celebrated form/shrine associated with the ‘net’ (jāla) episode in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it provides the name-derivation that supports devotional worship at Jāleśvara.