Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

जयंत्यां विजयश्चासौ जयन्तः पुरुषोत्तमे । वाडेषु पद्महस्तोऽहं तमोलिप्ते तमोनुदः

Transliteration

jayaṃtyāṃ vijayaścāsau jayantaḥ puruṣottame | vāḍeṣu padmahasto'haṃ tamolipte tamonudaḥ

Translation

ജയന്തിയിൽ ഞാൻ വിജയൻ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; പുരുഷോത്തമത്തിൽ ജയന്തൻ. വാഡയിൽ ഞാൻ പദ്മഹസ്തൻ; തമോലിപ്തയിൽ തമോനുദൻ—ഇരുള്‍ നീക്കുന്നവൻ.

Word by Word

• जयंत्याम्: in Jayantī
• जयंत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विजयः: Vijaya
• विजयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• असौ: this (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• जयन्तः: Jayanta
• जयन्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुरुषोत्तमे: in Puruṣottama
• पुरुषोत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुरुषाणाम् उत्तमः)

• वाडेषु: in the Vāḍa regions/places
• वाडेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• पद्महस्तः: lotus-handed
• पद्महस्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य पद्मं हस्ते/पद्महस्तः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तमोलिप्ते: in Tamolipta
• तमोलिप्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् + लिप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, लिप् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तमसा लिप्ते/तमोलिप्ते)

• तमोनुदः: dispeller of darkness
• तमोनुदः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् + नुद् (धातु) → नुद (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्विप्/ण्वुलर्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (तमः नुदति इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puruṣottama-kṣetra; Tamraliptā (Tamolipta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four vignettes: (1) Jayantī—Viṣṇu as Vijaya with raised cakra; (2) Puruṣottama—Jagannātha-like iconic presence; (3) Vāḍa—Lotus-handed deity offering a lotus; (4) Tamraliptā—deity holding a lamp, pushing back a dark veil over a river-port skyline.

Characters & Entities

• Jayantī
• Puruṣottama
• Tamolipta
• Vijaya
• Jayanta
• Padmahasta
• Tamonuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is one, yet compassionately becomes accessible through many names and forms in different holy places, dispelling inner darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jayantī, Puruṣottama-kṣetra, Vāḍa, and Tamolipta are praised as places where the Lord is especially present under distinct epithets.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on remembering/recognizing the Lord’s name-form tied to each kṣetra as a source of merit.