Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

जालंधरं महापीठं कामरूपं तथैव च । श्रीमद्रुद्रनृसिंहं च चतुर्थं पीठमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

jālaṃdharaṃ mahāpīṭhaṃ kāmarūpaṃ tathaiva ca | śrīmadrudranṛsiṃhaṃ ca caturthaṃ pīṭhamuttamam

Translation

Jālandhara ialah sebuah Mahā-pīṭha; demikian juga Kāmarūpa. Dan Śrīmad-Rudra-Nṛsiṃha ialah pīṭha yang keempat, pīṭha yang amat unggul.

Word by Word

• जालंधरम्: Jālaṃdhara
• जालंधरम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जालंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (pīṭha-name)

• महापीठम्: great pīṭha
• महापीठम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापीठ (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पीठ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• कामरूपम्: Kāmarūpa
• कामरूपम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक; काम + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामस्य रूपम् / ‘desire-form’, name)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/so/also’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• श्रीमत्: glorious, auspicious
• श्रीमत्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (honorific ‘splendid/auspicious’)

• रुद्रनृसिंहम्: Rudra-Nṛsiṃha
• रुद्रनृसिंहम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रनृसिंह (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + नृसिंह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (रुद्रः नृसिंहः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात

• चतुर्थम्: fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘fourth’ (qualifying पीठम्)

• पीठम्: pīṭha
• पीठम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (superlative ‘best/excellent’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jālandhara; Kāmarūpa; Śrīmad-Rudra-Nṛsiṃha (as pīṭhas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-sages/assembly; addressed to Devī in-verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred tableau: three radiant pīṭhas named in sequence, each as a jeweled seat (siṃhāsana) with yantra-like geometry, while a narrator invokes their greatness.

Characters & Entities

• Jālandhara
• Kāmarūpa
• Rudra-Nṛsiṃha
• Pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa maps devotion through an interconnected network of pīṭhas, teaching reverence for multiple sacred centers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jālandhara, Kāmarūpa, and the Rudra-Nṛsiṃha pīṭha are named as eminent sacred seats.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a catalog of recognized pīṭhas.