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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सूर्यप्राचीं महाप्रभाम् । सर्वपापोपशमनीं सर्वकामफलप्रदाम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sūryaprācīṃ mahāprabhām | sarvapāpopaśamanīṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām

Translation

ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: তাৰ পাছত, হে মহাদেৱী, মহাপ্ৰভাৰে দীপ্ত সুৰ্যপ্ৰাচীলৈ যোৱা উচিত; যি সকলো পাপ শান্ত কৰে আৰু সকলো ধৰ্মসঙ্গত কামনাৰ ফল দান কৰে।

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereafter)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (injunctive sense: “one should go”)
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन
सूर्यSun
सूर्य:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
प्राचीम्Sūrya-prācī (eastern shrine/region of the Sun)
प्राचीम्:
Karma (Goal/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य + प्राची (प्रातिपदिक; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (destination)
महाप्रभाम्of great splendor
महाप्रभाम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक; समास: कर्मधारय)
Formविशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying प्राचीम्)
सर्वall
सर्व:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
पापsin
पाप:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
उपशमनीम्that which pacifies all sins
उपशमनीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + पाप + उपशमनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
Formविशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying प्राचीम्)
सर्वall
सर्व:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
कामdesire
काम:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
फलfruit, result
फल:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)
प्रदाम्granting the fruits of all desires
प्रदाम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + काम + फल + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
Formविशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying प्राचीम्)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūryaprācī

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed to the radiant Sūryaprācī; the tīrtha glows with sunrise light, with pilgrims offering arghya as sins are pacified and rightful wishes are blessed.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara
S
Sūryaprācī
M
Mahādevī

FAQs

Pilgrimage to a revealed tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic path for purification and the fulfilment of legitimate aims of life.

Sūryaprācī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

A directive to go (gacchet) to the tīrtha; bathing is implied and stated explicitly in the next verse.

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