Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तत्र ज्ञानह्रदे स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा ज्ञानेश्वरं नरः । ज्ञानं तदधिगच्छेद्वै येन नो बाध्यते पुनः

Transliteration

tatra jñānahrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā jñāneśvaraṃ naraḥ | jñānaṃ tadadhigacchedvai yena no bādhyate punaḥ

Translation

ထိုနေရာ၌ ဉာဏဟရဒ၌ ရေချိုးပြီး ဉာဏေရှ్వరကို ဖူးမြင်ဒർശနပြုလျှင် လူသည် အမှန်တကယ် ထိုဉာဏ်ကို ရရှိကာ ထိုဉာဏ်ကြောင့် နောက်တဖန် မနှောင့်ယှက် မပင်ပန်းတော့။

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• jñānahrade: in the knowledge-lake
• jñānahrade: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna-hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञानस्य ह्रदः)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• jñāneśvaram: Lord of Knowledge
• jñāneśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञानस्य ईश्वरः)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (that)

• adhigacchet: would attain; would realize
• adhigacchet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः—अधि

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• naḥ: of us; our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• bādhyate: is afflicted; is obstructed
• bādhyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bādh (बाध् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jñāna-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of the lotus pond, a small shrine of Jñāneśvara; the pilgrim, freshly bathed, receives a beam of light from the deity’s third eye/forehead mark, symbolizing ‘abādha-jñāna’; surrounding figures include students and sages.

Characters & Entities

• Jñāna-hrada
• Jñāneśvara
• Śiva (implied)
• Kāśī (Varanasi implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge is liberating and protective: tīrtha-bathing and deity-darśana are said to awaken insight that ends recurring affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñāna-hrada (Knowledge Lake) and the shrine/deity Jñāneśvara within Kāśī’s sacred topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Jñāna-hrada and darśana of Jñāneśvara to attain steadfast, non-afflicting knowledge.