Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं सिद्धेश्वरं परम् । तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे सिद्धैः संस्थापितं पुरा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param | tasyaiva paścime bhāge siddhaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ purā

Translation

ঈশ্বর বললেন—তদনন্তর, হে মহাদেবী, পরম দেব সিদ্ধেশ্বরের নিকট গমন করা উচিত। সেই পবিত্র স্থানেরই পশ্চিম ভাগে সিদ্ধগণ প্রাচীনকালে একটি লিঙ্গ প্রতিষ্ঠা করেছিলেন।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Sequence marker (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-देवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्य: of that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• पश्चिमे: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भागे: part/side
• भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• संस्थापितम्: established
• संस्थापितम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थापित (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Time adjunct (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on the next stop of the pilgrimage: a coastal sacred precinct with a small shrine to Siddheśvara on the western side; faint presence of Siddhas as luminous ascetics in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Siddheśvara
• Siddhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seek out the divinized geography of Prabhāsa: approaching Siddheśvara is presented as a direct encounter with the supreme Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with mention of a Siddha-established liṅga to the west of the sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage injunction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Siddheśvara—implying darśana and worship at the liṅga.