Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

भारती तारलिंगं च नाम लोकत्रयाश्रितम् । शनिश्च संगमावर्ते जगन्नाथेति नाम च

Transliteration

bhāratī tāraliṃgaṃ ca nāma lokatrayāśritam | śaniśca saṃgamāvarte jagannātheti nāma ca

Translation

ഭാരതി (സരസ്വതി) താരാരൂപ ലിംഗത്തെ ആരാധിച്ച് അതിന് ‘ലോകത്രയാശ്രിതം’ എന്നു നാമം നൽകി. ശനിയും സംഗമാവർത്തത്തിൽ ലിംഗം പൂജിച്ച് ‘ജഗന്നാഥൻ’ എന്നു വിളിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• bhāratī: Bhāratī (a name/title)
• bhāratī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāratī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tāraliṅgam: the Tāra-liṅga
• tāraliṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāra + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• nāma: (is) the name; called
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘called/named’

• lokatrayāśritam: resorted to by the three worlds
• lokatrayāśritam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka + traya + āśrita (कृदन्त; √śri/श्रि ‘to resort’ + ā-; past passive participle)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• śaniḥ: Śani (Saturn)
• śaniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• saṃgamāvarte: at the whirlpool/eddy of the confluence
• saṃgamāvarte: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama + āvarta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• jagannātha: Jagannātha
• jagannātha: Viśeṣya (Name/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + nātha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); इति-पूर्वपदेन नामरूपेण निर्देशः

• iti: thus; as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• nāma: the name
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नामनिर्देशार्थे

• ca: also/and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa default attribution

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgamāvarta (Jagannātha-liṅga) and Tāra-liṅga (Lokatrayāśrita)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī/Bhāratī, luminous and serene, offers white lotuses to a star-radiant liṅga; elsewhere Śani, dark-hued and austere, worships at a swirling confluence-whirlpool where two waters meet, naming the liṅga Jagannātha.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• Śani
• Śiva
• Lokatrayāśrita
• Jagannātha
• Saṃgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the universal refuge and lordship itself; even planetary powers and divine speech honor Him, especially at sacred confluences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘saṃgama’ (river confluence) is indicated via ‘saṃgamāvarta’, but no named location (e.g., Prayāga) is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa of ‘Lokatrayāśrita’ and ‘Jagannātha’ connected to worship of the tāra-liṅga and a liṅga at a confluence-eddy.