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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र कन्देश्वरो देवो यत्र बद्धा जटा मया । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सम्यक्त्ं देवं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैः प्राप्नुयाच्छासनं शुभम्

Transliteration

tatra kandeśvaro devo yatra baddhā jaṭā mayā | tatra snātvā naraḥ samyaktṃ devaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa muktaḥ pātakairghoraiḥ prāpnuyācchāsanaṃ śubham

Translation

彼处有神祇“坎德施瓦罗”，正是我束起结发（jaṭā）之地。凡人若于彼处如法沐浴，并以恭敬心礼拜此神，即能脱离可怖罪业，获得吉祥的śāsana——天命的护持与圣令。

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’
कन्द-ईश्वरःKandeśvara
कन्द-ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — देव-नाम (Kandeśvara)
देवःthe god
देवः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — समानाधिकरणम् (in apposition to Kandeśvara)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (relative adverb) — ‘where’
बद्धाःwere bound
बद्धाः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘(were) bound’; क्रियापद-लक्षणेण (elliptic ‘अभवन्’)
जटाःmatted locks
जटाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजटा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन — कर्तृ/विषय (the matted locks)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री (common), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by me’
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (locative adverb) — ‘there’
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala (Absolutive/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having bathed’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — कर्ता (doer)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) — यथाविधि/सम्यग् (properly)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — पूजनस्य कर्म (object of worship)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun: ‘who’)
प्र-पूजयेत्should worship
प्र-पूजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should worship (well)’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन — ‘he’
मुक्तःfreed
मुक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘freed’
पातकैःfrom sins
पातकैः:
Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — ‘from sins’ (अपादानार्थे तृतीया)
घोरैःterrible
घोरैः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — पातकानां विशेषणम् (terrible)
प्राप्नुयात्would attain
प्राप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘would attain/should obtain’
शासनम्a boon/command (reward)
शासनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशासन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — प्राप्तेः कर्म (object of attaining)
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन — शासनस्य विशेषणम् (auspicious)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kandeśvara (at Tuṇḍapura/Gharghara-hrada, Hiraṇyā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lakeside shrine, pilgrims bathe and then worship a Śiva-liṅga named Kandeśvara; Śiva’s mythic gesture of binding his jaṭā is recalled as a luminous aura above the sanctum.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (Īśvara)
K
Kandeśvara
J
Jaṭā (matted locks)
S
Snāna
P
Pūjā
G
Gharghara-hrada

FAQs

Ritual purity (snāna) joined with devotion (pūjā) at a Śiva-sthala becomes a means of pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual uplift.

Kandeśvara at Tuṇḍapura near Gharghara-hrada, on the Hiraṇyā bank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

Bathe there properly (snāna) and then worship Kandeśvara with due reverence (pūjā).

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