Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । कथं जालेश्वरं नाम कस्मिन्काले बभूव तत्

Transliteration

devyuvāca | kathaṃ jāleśvaraṃ nāma kasminkāle babhūva tat

Translation

देव्युवाच—कथं जालेश्वर इति नामाभवत्, कस्मिन्काले च तत् प्रादुरभवत्?

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• जालेश्वरम्: Jāleśvara
• जालेश्वरम्: Visheshya-Nama (Apposition/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; अत्र ‘नाम’ इत्यनेन सह नामपदम् (name-form)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• कस्मिन्: in which
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बभूव: came to be / existed
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘that (liṅga/name)’

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devī, poised in reverent inquiry, asks Īśvara about the origin and naming of Jāleśvara; the background suggests the coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa with shrines and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Jāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is preserved through inquiry and transmission: the Goddess prompts the revelation of a tīrtha’s origin-story for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara at Devikā-taṭa (Devikā riverbank) in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative question initiating the etymology and historical māhātmya of the site.