Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

महाबुद्धिप्रदस्तत्र पूज्यो जांबवतीश्वरः । आश्विने येश्वरौ पूज्यौ गंगायाः पश्चिमे तटे

Transliteration

mahābuddhipradastatra pūjyo jāṃbavatīśvaraḥ | āśvine yeśvarau pūjyau gaṃgāyāḥ paścime taṭe

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ชัมพวตีศวรควรแก่การบูชา เพราะทรงประทานปัญญาอันยิ่งใหญ่ และที่ฝั่งตะวันตกของแม่น้ำคงคา อัศวินีอีศวรทั้งสองก็เป็นที่ควรบูชา

Word by Word

• महाबुद्धिप्रदः: giver of great intelligence
• महाबुद्धिप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + buddhi + prada (प्रातिपदिक; √dā (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘महाबुद्धेः प्रदः’

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

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय), कर्मणि/योग्यतार्थक ‘पूजनीयः’

• जांबवतीश्वरः: Jāmbavatīśvara
• जांबवतीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāṃbavatī + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जाम्बवत्याः ईश्वरः’

• आश्विने: in Āśvina (place/region named Āśvina)
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘आश्विन-नक्षत्र/मास’ (स्थान/काल)

• ये: who (two)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ईश्वरौ: the two lords
• ईश्वरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• पूज्यौ: worthy of worship (both)
• पूज्यौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कृदन्त विशेषण

• गंगायाः: of the Gaṅgā
• गंगायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पश्चिमे: on the western
• पश्चिमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (तटे इति)

• तटे: bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmbavatīśvara; Aśvinī-īśvarau (twin shrines)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned devotee worships Jāmbavatīśvara liṅga, with a luminous halo around the head symbolizing buddhi; then a boat crosses the Gaṅgā at dawn to the western bank where two small twin shrines (Aśvinī-īśvaras) stand side-by-side, suggesting healing and balance.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmbavatīśvara
• Aśvinī-īśvarau (twin shrines)
• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s worship is not only for liberation but also for dharmic excellence—clarity of intellect and well-being through specific shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāmbavatīśvara and the Aśvinī-īśvara pair on the western bank of the Gaṅgā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Jāmbavatīśvara for great intelligence, and worship of the Aśvinī-īśvaras at the specified riverbank location.