Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

महाबुद्धिप्रदस्तत्र पूज्यो जांबवतीश्वरः । आश्विने येश्वरौ पूज्यौ गंगायाः पश्चिमे तटे

Transliteration

mahābuddhipradastatra pūjyo jāṃbavatīśvaraḥ | āśvine yeśvarau pūjyau gaṃgāyāḥ paścime taṭe

Translation

وہاں جامبَوتیِشور قابلِ پوجا ہے، کیونکہ وہ عظیم دانائی عطا کرتا ہے۔ اور گنگا کے مغربی کنارے پر اشوِنی کے دونوں ایشور بھی قابلِ عبادت ہیں۔

Word by Word

• महाबुद्धिप्रदः: giver of great intelligence
• महाबुद्धिप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + buddhi + prada (प्रातिपदिक; √dā (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘महाबुद्धेः प्रदः’

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

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय), कर्मणि/योग्यतार्थक ‘पूजनीयः’

• जांबवतीश्वरः: Jāmbavatīśvara
• जांबवतीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāṃbavatī + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जाम्बवत्याः ईश्वरः’

• आश्विने: in Āśvina (place/region named Āśvina)
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘आश्विन-नक्षत्र/मास’ (स्थान/काल)

• ये: who (two)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ईश्वरौ: the two lords
• ईश्वरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• पूज्यौ: worthy of worship (both)
• पूज्यौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कृदन्त विशेषण

• गंगायाः: of the Gaṅgā
• गंगायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पश्चिमे: on the western
• पश्चिमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (तटे इति)

• तटे: bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmbavatīśvara; Aśvinī-īśvarau (twin shrines)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned devotee worships Jāmbavatīśvara liṅga, with a luminous halo around the head symbolizing buddhi; then a boat crosses the Gaṅgā at dawn to the western bank where two small twin shrines (Aśvinī-īśvaras) stand side-by-side, suggesting healing and balance.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmbavatīśvara
• Aśvinī-īśvarau (twin shrines)
• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s worship is not only for liberation but also for dharmic excellence—clarity of intellect and well-being through specific shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāmbavatīśvara and the Aśvinī-īśvara pair on the western bank of the Gaṅgā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Jāmbavatīśvara for great intelligence, and worship of the Aśvinī-īśvaras at the specified riverbank location.