Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वरुणेन महादेवि तपोनिर्विघ्नहेतवे । पूजितो जलजैर्भक्त्या जलवासास्ततः स्मृतः

Transliteration

varuṇena mahādevi taponirvighnahetave | pūjito jalajairbhaktyā jalavāsāstataḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Ô Grande Déesse, afin que l’ascèse fût sans entrave, Varuṇa l’adora avec dévotion au moyen d’offrandes nées de l’eau ; c’est pourquoi il est rappelé sous le nom de « Jalavāsa ».

Word by Word

• varuṇena: by Varuṇa
• varuṇena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• tapaḥ: of austerity
• tapaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; nirvighnahetave इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः

• nirvighnahetave: for the cause of being obstacle-free
• nirvighnahetave: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-vighna-hetu (प्रातिपदिक; निर् + विघ्न + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• pūjitaḥ: worshipped
• pūjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; jalavāsā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• jalajaiḥ: with water-born (flowers etc.)
• jalajaiḥ: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalaja (प्रातिपदिक; जल + ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• jalavāsaḥ: Jalavāsa (name/title)
• jalavāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-vāsa (प्रातिपदिक; जल + वास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• tataḥ: therefore; from that
• tataḥ: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे (therefore/from that)

• smṛtaḥ: is known/called
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त) प्रयोगेण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (is called/remembered)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalavāsa Gaṇapati (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varuṇa, lord of waters, performs reverent pūjā to Gaṇapati using aquatic/water-born offerings; the deity is honored as ‘Jalavāsa’, with a watery aura suggesting sea/river sanctity of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Varuṇa
• Gaṇeśa (Vighneśa)
• Jalavāsa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine help for spiritual discipline (tapas) is gained through devotional worship; names of deities also preserve the sacred history of how they were honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jalavāsa Gaṇapati tradition situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with jalaja (water-born) offerings performed with bhakti, aimed at nirvighna tapas (unobstructed practice).