Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थं तु विज्ञेयं पर्वतस्यानु पश्चिमे । ह्रदो जालेश्वरो नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ parvatasyānu paścime | hrado jāleśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

Translation

وہاں اس پہاڑ کے مغرب کی سمت ایک تیرتھ جاننا چاہیے۔ ‘جالیشور’ نام کا ایک ہرد (جھیل) ہے جو تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विज्ञेयम्: to be known, should be recognized
• विज्ञेयम्: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) (वि + ज्ञा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक-भावे/कर्मणि कृदन्त (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्यय: ‘to be known’)

• पर्वतस्य: of the mountain
• पर्वतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• अनु: along, near, following
• अनु: Sambandha (Prepositional relation/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition); ‘along/after/near’

• पश्चिमे: in the west (western side)
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• ह्रदः: lake
• ह्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• जालेश्वरः: Jāleśvara (proper name)
• जालेश्वरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; नाम, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जालस्य ईश्वरः)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable marker of naming)

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतः: renowned
• विश्रुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) (वि + श्रु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara Hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil sacred lake to the west of a towering mountain; a small Śiva shrine or liṅga near the bank; pilgrims arriving with water pots; the lake surface reflects the peak and sky.

Characters & Entities

• Amarakanṭaka
• Jāleśvara (hrada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing and honoring specific tīrthas is itself a form of dharma, because holy geography preserves and transmits merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāleśvara— a famed lake-tīrtha situated to the west of Amarakanṭaka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is identificatory: one should recognize/know this tīrtha (its location and name).