Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । जय देव जयाचिंत्य जय पार्वतिवल्लभ । जय कृष्ण जगन्नाथ जय कृष्ण जगद्गुरो

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | jaya deva jayāciṃtya jaya pārvativallabha | jaya kṛṣṇa jagannātha jaya kṛṣṇa jagadguro

Translation

วิศวามิตรกล่าวว่า: “ชัยแด่พระองค์ โอ้เทวะ; ชัยแด่ผู้เหนือความคิด; ชัยแด่ผู้เป็นที่รักของปารวตี. ชัยแด่พระองค์ โอ้กฤษณะ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งจักรวาล; ชัยแด่พระองค์ โอ้กฤษณะ ครูแห่งโลก”

Word by Word

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Kartā (Speaker/subject of 'said')
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• jaya: hail! victory to
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga (Vocative exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/सम्बोधन-पूर्वक particle): 'जय' = 'victory! hail!'

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• aciṃtya: O inconceivable one
• aciṃtya: Viśeṣaṇa (Epithet in address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-ciṃtya (√cint धातु + यत्; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय): 'unthinkable/inconceivable'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• pārvativallabha: O beloved of Pārvatī
• pārvativallabha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पार्वत्याः वल्लभः = 'beloved of Pārvatī'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• kṛṣṇa: O Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• jagannātha: O Lord of the world
• jagannātha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जगतः नाथः = 'Lord of the world'

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana-prayoga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्गार/particle)

• kṛṣṇa: O Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• jagadguro: O teacher of the world
• jagadguro: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जगतः गुरुः = 'teacher of the world'; रूपम्: जगद्गुरो (o-ending vocative)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (addressed directly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra stands with folded hands, chanting ‘Jaya’ to the Lord; the deity appears as Śaṅkara with crescent moon yet is hailed with Kṛṣṇa epithets, suggesting a theologically unified, radiant form.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Deva
• Pārvatī
• Pārvatīvallabha (Śiva)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Jagannātha
• Jagadguru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion recognizes the Lord as beyond thought and as the universal guide, worthy of repeated salutations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a general hymn within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is framed by the surrounding verses of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 6.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a stuti (praise) suitable for japa or recitation at a tīrtha.