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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गछेन्महालिंगं कामेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । कामेनाराधितं पूर्वं दैत्यसूदनपश्चिमे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gachenmahāliṃgaṃ kāmeśvaramiti śrutam | kāmenārādhitaṃ pūrvaṃ daityasūdanapaścime

Translation

ঈশ্বর বললেন—তারপর সেই মহালিঙ্গে গমন করবে, যা ‘কামেশ্বর’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ। তা দৈত্যসূদনের পশ্চিমে অবস্থিত, এবং পূর্বে কামদেব দ্বারা আরাধিত ছিল।

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महत्-लिङ्गम्the great liṅga
महत्-लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय
काम-ईश्वरम्(called) Kāmeśvara
काम-ईश्वरम्:
Apposition/Object-name
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कामस्य ईश्वरः)
इतिthus
इति:
Quotation marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उद्धरणचिह्न
श्रुतम्is known as
श्रुतम्:
Predicate adjective
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—श्रुतम्/प्रसिद्धम् (is heard/known)
कामेनby Kāma
कामेन:
Kartr/Agent (by whom)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
आराधितम्worshipped
आराधितम्:
Predicate adjective (of liṅga)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (worshipped)
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-viseshana (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक (formerly)
दैत्यसूदन-पश्चिमेto the west of Daityasūdana
दैत्यसूदन-पश्चिमे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्यसूदन (प्रातिपदिक) + पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दैत्यसूदनस्य पश्चिमे)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the next stop: a great liṅga named Kāmeśvara, positioned west of a Viṣṇu shrine (Daityasūdana). A pilgrim path connects the two, with signifying westward movement and coastal light.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
K
Kāmeśvara
K
Kāma
D
Daityasūdana
P
Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

Sacred places are mapped through devotion: sincere worship, even by Kāma, establishes a tīrtha’s enduring sanctity and accessibility to pilgrims.

Kāmeśvara, a great Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, located west of Daityasūdana.

A pilgrimage directive: “one should go” to the Kāmeśvara Liṅga (darśana/visit implied).

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