Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
विश्वामित्र उवाच । जय देव जयाचिंत्य जय पार्वतिवल्लभ । जय कृष्ण जगन्नाथ जय कृष्ण जगद्गुरो
viśvāmitra uvāca | jaya deva jayāciṃtya jaya pārvativallabha | jaya kṛṣṇa jagannātha jaya kṛṣṇa jagadguro
വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ജയ ദേവാ, ജയ അചിന്ത്യാ, ജയ പാർവതീവല്ലഭാ. ജയ കൃഷ്ണാ ജഗന്നാഥാ, ജയ കൃഷ്ണാ ജഗദ്ഗുരോ।
Viśvāmitra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (addressed directly)
Scene: Viśvāmitra stands with folded hands, chanting ‘Jaya’ to the Lord; the deity appears as Śaṅkara with crescent moon yet is hailed with Kṛṣṇa epithets, suggesting a theologically unified, radiant form.
FAQs
True devotion recognizes the Lord as beyond thought and as the universal guide, worthy of repeated salutations.
This verse functions as a general hymn within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is framed by the surrounding verses of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 6.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a stuti (praise) suitable for japa or recitation at a tīrtha.