Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
Devanagari script
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि पर्णादित्यं सुरेश्वरम् । प्राचीसरस्वतीकूले तटे चोत्तरतः स्थितम्
Transliteration
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi parṇādityaṃ sureśvaram | prācīsarasvatīkūle taṭe cottarataḥ sthitam
Translation
قال الإيشڤرا: «ثمّ، يا الإلهة العظمى، ينبغي أن يُقصد إلى بارنَاديتْيَا، سيّدٍ بين الآلهة، القائم على الضفّة الشماليّة لنهر سَرَسْوَتِي الجاري نحو الشرق».
Word by Word
īśvaraḥĪśvara (the Lord)
īśvaraḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन = masculine nominative singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = said
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = should go
mahādeviO Mahādevī
mahādevi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन; कर्मधारय = vocative ‘O great goddess/lady’
parṇādityamParṇāditya (name of a deity)
parṇādityam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नामधेय) = accusative sg (object of ‘go’)
sureśvaramlord of the gods
sureśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = accusative sg, apposition to parṇādityam
prācī-sarasvatī-kūleon the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī
prācī-sarasvatī-kūle:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprācī (प्रातिपदिक) + sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + kūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास = locative sg ‘on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī’
taṭeon the bank
taṭe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन = locative singular ‘on the bank’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = and
uttarataḥto the north
uttarataḥ:
Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuttaratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (दिक्/देशवाचक) = adverb ‘to the north/northwards’
sthitamsituated
sthitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन; PPP qualifying parṇādityam = ‘situated’
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)P
ParṇādityaS
Sarasvatī (river)FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a dharmic journey: one is guided from tīrtha to tīrtha toward increasingly potent divine encounters.
Parṇāditya—identified as a sacred Sun-shrine/tīrtha on the northern bank of the Prācī Sarasvatī.
Gamana/visitation: the instruction is to proceed to Parṇāditya as part of the tīrtha-yātrā.