Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

जटातीर्थसमंतीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । जटातीर्थस्य तीरे यः क्षेत्रपिंडं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

jaṭātīrthasamaṃtīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | jaṭātīrthasya tīre yaḥ kṣetrapiṃḍaṃ samācaret

Translation

ไม่มีทีรถะใดเสมอด้วยชฏาตีรถะ เคยมีมาแล้วก็หาไม่ และภายหน้าก็จักไม่มี ผู้ใด ณ ฝั่งชฏาตีรถะประกอบพิธีเกษตร-ปิณฑะ…

Word by Word

• jaṭā-tīrtha-samam: equal to Jaṭātīrtha
• jaṭā-tīrtha-samam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaṭātīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘jaṭātīrthena samam’ → ‘equal to Jaṭātīrtha’ (qualifying ‘tīrtham’)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhūtam: (has) been
• bhūtam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (temporal qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; past participial adjective ‘having been’ → ‘existing (in past)’

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• jaṭā-tīrthasya: of Jaṭātīrtha
• jaṭā-tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• tīre: on the bank
• tīre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘on the bank’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘who’

• kṣetra-piṇḍam: a kṣetra-piṇḍa offering
• kṣetra-piṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + piṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘kṣetre piṇḍaḥ’/‘kṣetrasambandhī piṇḍaḥ’ → ritual piṇḍa offering connected with a holy place

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; ‘should perform/practice’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (continuing mahātmya statement within Setu-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a sacred bank, a pilgrim prepares piṇḍas (rice-balls) on darbha grass, facing the water; nearby brāhmaṇas guide the rite; the tīrtha is depicted as timelessly supreme.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṭātīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jaṭātīrtha is declared unparalleled, and ancestral rites performed there are implied to yield exceptional merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭātīrtha is explicitly said to be without equal among tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kṣetra-piṇḍa—piṇḍa offerings performed on the tīrtha’s bank (a śrāddha-related rite).