Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जालतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्सर्वपापहरं शुभम् । दुर्वाससा यत्र शप्ताः कोपाद्यदुकुमारकाः

Transliteration

jālatīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpaharaṃ śubham | durvāsasā yatra śaptāḥ kopādyadukumārakāḥ

Translation

แล้วพึงไปยังชาละตีรถะ อันเป็นมงคลและขจัดบาปทั้งปวง ที่นั่นเอง ด้วยความพิโรธ ทุรวาสะได้สาปเหล่ากุมารแห่งวงศ์ยทุ

Word by Word

• जालतीर्थम्: Jāla-tīrtha
• जालतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; जाल + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जालस्य तीर्थम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वपापहरम्: remover of all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + हर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जालतीर्थम् इति विशेष्य); समासः तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां हरः/हरणम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जालतीर्थम्)

• दुर्वाससा: by Durvāsas (the sage)
• दुर्वाससा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• शप्ताः: were cursed
• शप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कोपात्: from anger; out of wrath
• कोपात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• यदुकुमारकाः: the young princes of the Yadus
• यदुकुमारकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु-कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक; यदु + कुमारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यदूनां कुमारकाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/ Ugraśravas) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jālatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha by the sea/lagoon; sage Durvāsas in ascetic form with fiery gaze; Yadu youths in royal attire showing agitation; the tīrtha waters glow as a purifier despite the tense narrative memory.

Characters & Entities

• Jāla-tīrtha
• Durvāsas
• Yadu-kumāras (Yādava princes)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a sanctified place, remembered through sacred history, is taught as a means of purification and renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāla-tīrtha, a tīrtha in the Dvārakā region praised as sarva-pāpa-hara (sin-removing).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse prescribes going (yātrā) to the tīrtha; bathing is implied by tīrtha-context though not explicitly stated here.