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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । सांबादित्याच्च पूर्वेण किञ्चिदाग्नेयसंस्थितः । अपरनारायणोनाम यस्मान्नास्ति परो भुवि

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | sāṃbādityācca pūrveṇa kiñcidāgneyasaṃsthitaḥ | aparanārāyaṇonāma yasmānnāsti paro bhuvi

Translation

ঈশ্বর বললেন—সাম্বাদিত্যর পূর্বদিকে, সামান্য অগ্নেয় কোণে অবস্থিত ‘অপরনারায়ণ’ নামে এক পবিত্র স্থান আছে; পৃথিবীতে তার চেয়ে শ্রেষ্ঠ আর নেই।

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सांबादित्याच्from Sāmbāditya
सांबादित्याच्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसांबादित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
पूर्वेणto the east/by the east (side)
पूर्वेण:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; दिशावाचक
किञ्चित्a little
किञ्चित्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिञ्चित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययार्थे ‘somewhat/a little’ (degree)
आग्नेयसंस्थितःsituated in the south-east (Agni’s direction)
आग्नेयसंस्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (कृदन्त; सम्+स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः; संस्थितः = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) “situated/placed”
अपरनारायणःApara-Nārāyaṇa
अपरनारायणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक) + नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (name)
नामnamed
नाम:
Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय/निपात)
Formअव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (designation marker)
यस्मात्from whom/because of whom
यस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे हेत्वर्थे (relative: “from whom/because of whom”)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
परःsuperior/greater
परः:
Karta (Predicate complement/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनार्थक (superior/other)
भुविon earth/in the world
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aparanārāyaṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, pointing out a sacred spot named Aparanārāyaṇa, described by directional markers from Sāmbāditya within the sandy coastal Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
S
Sāmbāditya
A
Aparanārāyaṇa

FAQs

The Purāṇa sanctifies geography: proximity and direction from one tīrtha to another forms a sacred pilgrimage map.

Aparanārāyaṇa, located east and slightly southeast of Sāmbāditya in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

None in this opening verse; it introduces the location and its unsurpassed sanctity.

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