Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्यां यः पूजयेत्तत्र तं देवं जलशायिनम् । शास्त्रोक्तेन विधानेन स गच्छति हरेः पदम्

Transliteration

tasyāṃ yaḥ pūjayettatra taṃ devaṃ jalaśāyinam | śāstroktena vidhānena sa gacchati hareḥ padam

Translation

ในติตินั้น ผู้ใดบูชาพระชลศายี ณ ที่นั้น ตามวิธีที่คัมภีร์ศาสตรากล่าวไว้ ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงพระธรรมสถานของพระหริ

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (tithi)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘तिथिः’ इत्यस्य संदर्भे (in that [tithi])

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• जलशायिनम्: who lies in water
• जलशायिनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल+शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (jale śayī); ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• शास्त्रोक्तेन: as stated in scripture
• शास्त्रोक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र+उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः (śāstre uktaḥ)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पदम्: abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaśāyī-kṣetra (Aśūnyaśayanā observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Festival-day worship in the sanctum: Jalaśāyī Viṣṇu adorned with flowers and tulasī; priest performs śāstroktārcana while devotees observe vrata; the scene ends with a symbolic ascent toward Vaikuṇṭha (garuḍa banner, radiant path).

Characters & Entities

• Jalaśāyī (Hari/Viṣṇu)
• Śāstra
• Hari’s padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right practice (śāstrokta-vidhi) joined to devotion is upheld as efficacious and goal-bestowing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale ‘there’ refers back to the famed Jalaśāyī-Hari sthāna mentioned earlier in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on the specified tithi at the sacred site, performed according to scriptural injunction.