Shloka 1 - Adhyaya 355 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Assamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवगुप्तेश्वरं प्रिये । तत्र पश्चिमवायव्ये यत्र सोमोऽकरोत्तपः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devagupteśvaraṃ priye | tatra paścimavāyavye yatra somo'karottapaḥ

Translation

ঈশ্বৰ উৱাচ: তেতিয়া, হে মহাদেৱি, প্ৰিয়ে, দেবগুপ্তেশ্বৰলৈ গমন কৰিবা। তাত পশ্চিম-ৱায়ব্য দিশত সেই স্থান, য’ত সোম (চন্দ্ৰ) তপস্যা কৰিছিল।

Word by Word

ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)

उवाचsaid

ततःthen, thereafter

गच्छेत्should go

महादेविO Mahādevī

देवगुप्तेश्वरम्Devaguptēśvara (name of Śiva/linga)

प्रियेO beloved

तत्रthere

पश्चिमवायव्येin the western-northwestern (quarter)

यत्रwhere

सोमःSoma (the Moon)

अकरोत्did, performed

तपःausterity, penance

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devagupteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed to Devagupteśvara; a pilgrim path is indicated toward a liṅga shrine; Soma is shown performing tapas nearby, facing inward in austerity.

Characters & Entities

Devagupteśvara

Mahādevī

Soma (Candra)

Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are mapped through divine narratives; visiting them aligns the pilgrim with exemplary tapas and its fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devagupteśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction is given: one should go (gacchet) to Devagupteśvara; Soma’s tapas is cited as the site’s sanctifying precedent.