Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरे चाक्षुषे च सम्प्राप्ते द्वापरे युगे । नाम्ना जालेश्वरं लिंगं देविकातटसंस्थितम्

Transliteration

manvantare cākṣuṣe ca samprāpte dvāpare yuge | nāmnā jāleśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ devikātaṭasaṃsthitam

Translation

ചാക്ഷുഷ മന്വന്തരത്തിൽ, ദ്വാപരയുഗം സമാഗതമായപ്പോൾ, ദേവികാതീരത്ത് ‘ജാലേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള ലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरे: in the manvantara
• मन्वन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘मन्वन्तरे’ = in (a) manvantara

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

• आक्षुषे: (in) the Cākṣuṣa (manvantara)
• आक्षुषे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘मन्वन्तरे’ इत्यस्य

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

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्राप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘युगे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—‘when (it) had arrived’

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara
• द्वापरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘युगे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• युगे: in the age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by name’

• जालेश्वरम्: Jāleśvara
• जालेश्वरम्: Visheshya-Nama (Apposition/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम-रूपेण ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/नाम

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देविकातटसंस्थितम्: situated on the bank of the Devikā (river)
• देविकातटसंस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देविका + तट + संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; समासार्थः—देविकायाः तटे संस्थितम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-layered depiction: the same riverbank shrine shown with subtle overlays of cosmic eras—celestial calendar motifs, yuga symbols—emphasizing the liṅga’s establishment across vast time.

Characters & Entities

• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Devikā (river)
• Jāleśvara liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is anchored in cosmic time: the liṅga is presented as an ancient, age-marked manifestation worthy of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara liṅga at the Devikā riverbank in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse provides sacred origin-context for the liṅga and location.