Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र कन्देश्वरो देवो यत्र बद्धा जटा मया । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सम्यक्त्ं देवं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैः प्राप्नुयाच्छासनं शुभम्

Transliteration

tatra kandeśvaro devo yatra baddhā jaṭā mayā | tatra snātvā naraḥ samyaktṃ devaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa muktaḥ pātakairghoraiḥ prāpnuyācchāsanaṃ śubham

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นมีเทวะนาม กัณฑेशวร ที่ซึ่งเราผูกมวยชฎาไว้ ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นโดยถูกต้อง แล้วบูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้าด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากบาปอันน่ากลัว และได้รับพระบัญชาอันเป็นมงคล (ศาสนะ)

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’

• कन्द-ईश्वरः: Kandeśvara
• कन्द-ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — देव-नाम (Kandeśvara)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — समानाधिकरणम् (in apposition to Kandeśvara)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb) — ‘where’

• बद्धाः: were bound
• बद्धाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘(were) bound’; क्रियापद-लक्षणेण (elliptic ‘अभवन्’)

• जटाः: matted locks
• जटाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन — कर्तृ/विषय (the matted locks)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (common), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by me’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Absolutive/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having bathed’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — कर्ता (doer)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — यथाविधि/सम्यग् (properly)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — पूजनस्य कर्म (object of worship)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun: ‘who’)

• प्र-पूजयेत्: should worship
• प्र-पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should worship (well)’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — ‘he’

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘freed’

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — ‘from sins’ (अपादानार्थे तृतीया)

• घोरैः: terrible
• घोरैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — पातकानां विशेषणम् (terrible)

• प्राप्नुयात्: would attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘would attain/should obtain’

• शासनम्: a boon/command (reward)
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — प्राप्तेः कर्म (object of attaining)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — शासनस्य विशेषणम् (auspicious)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kandeśvara (at Tuṇḍapura/Gharghara-hrada, Hiraṇyā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lakeside shrine, pilgrims bathe and then worship a Śiva-liṅga named Kandeśvara; Śiva’s mythic gesture of binding his jaṭā is recalled as a luminous aura above the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Kandeśvara
• Jaṭā (matted locks)
• Snāna
• Pūjā
• Gharghara-hrada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity (snāna) joined with devotion (pūjā) at a Śiva-sthala becomes a means of pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kandeśvara at Tuṇḍapura near Gharghara-hrada, on the Hiraṇyā bank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe there properly (snāna) and then worship Kandeśvara with due reverence (pūjā).