Shloka 132 - Adhyaya 13 - Kaumarika Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

विवादे च समुत्पन्ने अपराधी च यो मतः । जलहस्तः सदा वाच्यो महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

vivāde ca samutpanne aparādhī ca yo mataḥ | jalahastaḥ sadā vācyo mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Khi phát sinh tranh tụng và có người bị coi là kẻ phạm lỗi, tại nơi hợp lưu sông Mahī với biển cả, người ấy luôn phải thực hiện phép thử thánh «tay trong nước» (jala-hasta) để làm chứng nghiệm.

Word by Word

विवादेin a dispute

चand

समुत्पन्नेwhen arisen/occurred

अपराधीthe offender

चand

यःwho

मतःis considered

जलहस्तः(one with) water in hand / water-handed (ritual designation)

सदाalways

वाच्यःshould be called/declared

महीसागरसंगमेat the confluence of earth and ocean

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A public dispute scene at the confluence: elders/priestly figures preside; the accused steps forward to perform jala-hasta—hand immersed/raised with water as the divine witness—while the river-sea horizon looms solemnly.

Characters & Entities

Mahī (river)

Sāgara (Ocean)

Saṅgama (confluence)

Dharma (justice)

Jala-hasta (ordeal)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through sacred procedures: tīrthas are portrayed as places where truth is tested and wrongdoing is exposed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The jala-hasta—an ordeal/test involving water and the hand, used as a dhārmic proof in disputes.