Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

चंद्रकांतशिलाजालस्रुतमात्रामलंजलम् । तत्र चादाय कलशैर्नेच्छंत्यन्यज्जलं जनाः

Transliteration

caṃdrakāṃtaśilājālasrutamātrāmalaṃjalam | tatra cādāya kalaśairnecchaṃtyanyajjalaṃ janāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ ചന്ദ്രകാന്തശിലകളുടെ ജാലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വെറും ചോർന്നിറങ്ങുന്ന ജലം അത്യന്തം നിർമലം; അത് കലശങ്ങളിൽ നിറച്ചാൽ ജനങ്ങൾ മറ്റൊരു ജലവും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• caṃdra-kāṃta-śilā-jāla-sruta-mātra-amalam: pure, merely oozed from a network of moonstone slabs
• caṃdra-kāṃta-śilā-jāla-sruta-mātra-amalam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṃdrakānta (प्रातिपदिक) + śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक) + sruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + amala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (चन्द्रकान्त-शिलाजालात् स्रुतं मात्रं यत्, तत् अमलम्)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction: and)

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having taken'

• kalaśaiḥ: with pots
• kalaśaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• icchanti: desire/want
• icchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• anyat: other
• anyat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Gaṇas (context continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (moonstone-water feature, poetic)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Moonstone slabs laid like a lattice; from their seams, clear water beads and streams into basins; pilgrims fill kalashas, satisfied and serene.

Characters & Entities

• Candrakānta (moonstone)
• Jala (water)
• Kalaśa (pot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is marked by purity and satisfaction—holy water that fulfills and leaves no craving for lesser sources.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The water-source within Sahasrākṣa-purī is praised as tīrtha-like in purity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drawing water in kalaśas is mentioned descriptively; no explicit vow is prescribed, but the act evokes tīrtha-usage.