Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेद्वरारोहे लिंगं सूर्यप्रतिष्ठितम् । सोमेशात्पश्चिमे भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम् । आदित्येश्वरनामानं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchedvarārohe liṃgaṃ sūryapratiṣṭhitam | someśātpaścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam | ādityeśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

قال إيشڤرا (Īśvara): ثمّ، أيتها الحسناء ذات الخصر الممشوق، ينبغي أن يُقصد اللِّنگا الذي أقامه سُوريا (الشمس)، الكائن إلى غرب سومييشا (Someśa) على مسافة سبعة دهنوش (dhanuṣ)، واسمه آديتييشڤرا (Ādityeśvara)، مُبيدُ جميع الآثام.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (temporal/sequence adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• vara-ārohe: O fair-hipped one
• vara-ārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āroha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sūrya-pratiṣṭhitam: established by the Sun
• sūrya-pratiṣṭhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• someśāt: from Someśa
• someśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• paścime: in the western
• paścime: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhāge: part; region
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dhanuṣām: of bows (as a measure)
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saptake: in the set of seven
• saptake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• āditya-īśvara-nāmānam: named ‘Ādityeśvara’
• āditya-īśvara-nāmānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, pointing out the route: from Someśa to the west stands Ādityeśvara. The liṅga bears solar motifs; pilgrims approach with water pots as the sun’s rays fall on the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (varārohā)
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Someśa
• Ādityeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is mapped as a living pilgrimage-route—visiting specific liṅgas like Ādityeśvara is taught as a means to destroy sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśvara liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, west of Someśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: go to the Sun-established Ādityeśvara liṅga at the stated location; the visit is praised as sin-destroying.