Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
जयादित्यं नमस्कृत्य रुद्रलोकमवाप्नुयात् । जयादित्यं पूजयंति कूपे स्नात्वा नरोत्तमाः
Transliteration
jayādityaṃ namaskṛtya rudralokamavāpnuyāt | jayādityaṃ pūjayaṃti kūpe snātvā narottamāḥ
Translation
礼拜胜日天（Jayāditya），便得至鲁陀罗之界。诸善男子于井中沐浴之后，皆供奉胜日天。
Word by Word
जयादित्यम्Jayāditya (deity/name)
जयादित्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (जयः आदित्यः) / देवतानाम
नमस्कृत्यhaving bowed/saluted
नमस्कृत्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनमस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having saluted'
रुद्रलोकम्Rudra’s world
रुद्रलोकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)
अवाप्नुयात्may attain
अवाप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
जयादित्यम्Jayāditya
जयादित्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पूजयन्तिworship
पूजयन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
कूपेin/at the well
कूपे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having bathed'
नरोत्तमाःexcellent men
नरोत्तमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः नराः)
Speaker
Nārada (contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Jayāditya-kūpa (sacred well)
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devotees draw water from a sacred well, then stand before Jayāditya’s icon—radiant like the sun—offering flowers and lamps; a subtle Śaiva aura suggests Rudra’s blessing.
Characters & Entities
J
JayādityaR
RudralokaK
Kūpa (sacred well)FAQs
Reverence and worship at a consecrated spot, joined with purification, is said to lead to exalted spiritual destinations like Rudraloka.
The Jayāditya shrine/holy presence connected with a sacred well used for ritual bathing.
Kūpa-snāna (bathing at the well) and pūjā/namaskāra to Jayāditya.