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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रस्थितो ब्रह्मा ज्येष्ठकुण्डतटं शुभम् । गायत्र्या सहितो हृष्टः कृतकृत्यत्वमागतः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā prasthito brahmā jyeṣṭhakuṇḍataṭaṃ śubham | gāyatryā sahito hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtakṛtyatvamāgataḥ

Translation

Sūta nói: Nghe những lời ấy, Phạm Thiên (Brahmā) liền lên đường đến bờ cát tường của Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa. Có Gāyatrī tháp tùng, Ngài hoan hỷ, như đã viên mãn điều cần làm.

Word by Word
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (सूत प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (श्रु धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; अर्थः—श्रुत्वा (having heard)
prasthitaḥset out, departed
prasthitaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra + sthita (प्र + स्थित प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (set out)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
jyeṣṭaJyeṣṭha (name: elder)
jyeṣṭa:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपद; विशेषण (eldest/great)
kuṇḍapond, basin
kuṇḍa:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkuṇḍa (कुण्ड प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासमध्यपद
taṭamthe bank (of Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa)
taṭam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottaṭa (तट प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्येष्ठकुण्डस्य तटम्)
śubhamauspicious
śubham:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (शुभ प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (taṭam)
gāyatryāwith Gāyatrī
gāyatryā:
Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootgāyatrī (गायत्री प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
sahitaḥaccompanied
sahitaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahita (सहित प्रातिपदिक; √sah)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सहार्थे (accompanied)
hṛṣṭaḥdelighted
hṛṣṭaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothṛṣṭa (हृष्ट प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
kṛtadone
kṛta:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृत प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
Formसमासपूर्वपद
kṛtyatvamthe state of having accomplished one’s duty
kṛtyatvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛtyatva (कृत्यत्व प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव (कृतं कृत्यं यस्य भावः)
āgataḥattained, reached
āgataḥ:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā + gata (आ + गत प्रातिपदिक; √gam)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थः—प्राप्तः (having attained)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates as Brahmā, four-faced and radiant, travels toward the auspicious bank of Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa; beside him stands Gāyatrī Devī, luminous and serene, holding a rosary and Vedic symbol, as the landscape brightens.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
B
Brahmā
G
Gāyatrī
J
Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa

FAQs

Even the highest deity honors tīrthas—showing that sacred places and dharmic rites are universally venerable.

Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa (associated with Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara) and its auspicious riverbank/shore.

The verse frames the pilgrimage movement toward the kuṇḍa, preparing the context for the forthcoming snāna rites.

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