Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देविकातटसंस्थितम् । जालेश्वरेति विख्यातं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devikātaṭasaṃsthitam | jāleśvareti vikhyātaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ മഹാദേവി, ദേവികാനദീതീരത്ത് സ്ഥിതമായ ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് പോകണം; അത് ‘ജാലേശ്വര’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധവും ദേവാസുരന്മാർ ഇരുവരാലും നമസ്കൃതവുമാണ്.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वक्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आदेश/विधानार्थे

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

• devikātaṭasaṃsthitam: situated on the bank of Devikā
• devikātaṭasaṃsthitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devikā-taṭa-saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘saṃsthita’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit tīrtha/स्थान)

• jāleśvara: Jāleśvara
• jāleśvara: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāla + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (place/deity-name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• vikhyātam: well-known
• vikhyātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + vikhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit sthānam)

• surāsuranamaskṛtam: revered by gods and demons
• surāsuranamaskṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sura + asura + namaskṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘namaskṛta’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (sura-asura) द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs Devī: a river Devikā flows beside a forested bank; a Śiva-liṅga shrine labeled Jāleśvara stands with celestial beings and asuras offering salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Devikā (river)
• Jāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is guided by divine instruction: approaching a famed liṅga-kṣetra is presented as a dharmic act honored across cosmic beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara on the bank of the Devikā river, within the Prabhāsakṣetra circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to go/undertake pilgrimage to the Jāleśvara tīrtha.