Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वरुणेन महादेवि तपोनिर्विघ्नहेतवे । पूजितो जलजैर्भक्त्या जलवासास्ततः स्मृतः

Transliteration

varuṇena mahādevi taponirvighnahetave | pūjito jalajairbhaktyā jalavāsāstataḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

اے مہادیوی! تپسیا کے بے رکاوٹ ہونے کے لیے ورُن نے آبی نذرانوں کے ساتھ بھکتی سے اس کی پوجا کی؛ اسی لیے وہ ‘جلاواس’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• varuṇena: by Varuṇa
• varuṇena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• tapaḥ: of austerity
• tapaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; nirvighnahetave इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः

• nirvighnahetave: for the cause of being obstacle-free
• nirvighnahetave: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-vighna-hetu (प्रातिपदिक; निर् + विघ्न + हेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• pūjitaḥ: worshipped
• pūjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; jalavāsā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• jalajaiḥ: with water-born (flowers etc.)
• jalajaiḥ: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalaja (प्रातिपदिक; जल + ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• jalavāsaḥ: Jalavāsa (name/title)
• jalavāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-vāsa (प्रातिपदिक; जल + वास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• tataḥ: therefore; from that
• tataḥ: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे (therefore/from that)

• smṛtaḥ: is known/called
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त) प्रयोगेण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (is called/remembered)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalavāsa Gaṇapati (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varuṇa, lord of waters, performs reverent pūjā to Gaṇapati using aquatic/water-born offerings; the deity is honored as ‘Jalavāsa’, with a watery aura suggesting sea/river sanctity of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Varuṇa
• Gaṇeśa (Vighneśa)
• Jalavāsa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine help for spiritual discipline (tapas) is gained through devotional worship; names of deities also preserve the sacred history of how they were honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jalavāsa Gaṇapati tradition situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with jalaja (water-born) offerings performed with bhakti, aimed at nirvighna tapas (unobstructed practice).