Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पादुकासनसंस्था च तत्र देवी सरस्वती । गौरीरूपेण सा तत्र वडवाश्रितविग्रहा

Transliteration

pādukāsanasaṃsthā ca tatra devī sarasvatī | gaurīrūpeṇa sā tatra vaḍavāśritavigrahā

Translation

Dort weilt die Göttin Sarasvatī auf einem Pādukāsana, einem Sitz aus Sandalen. An eben diesem Ort ist sie in der Gestalt Gaurīs gegenwärtig und hat eine Erscheinungsform angenommen, die mit Vaḍavā, dem unterseeischen Feuer, verbunden ist.

Word by Word

• pādukā-āsana-saṃsthā: seated on a pādukā-seat
• pādukā-āsana-saṃsthā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pādukā (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘seated/placed on a pādukā-seat’)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• gaurī-rūpeṇa: in the form of Gaurī
• gaurī-rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘in/with the form of Gaurī’)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• vaḍavā-āśrita-vigrahā: having a form associated with Vaḍavā
• vaḍavā-āśrita-vigrahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaḍavā (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrita (कृदन्त; √śri श्रि with आ) + vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘having a form that has resorted to/associated with Vaḍavā’)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess Sarasvatī as Gaurī sits upon a pādukā-seat; her form subtly evokes Vaḍavā—an inner, controlled fire—suggested by a faint aureole of flame beneath or behind the seat while her face remains calm and maternal.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Gaurī
• Vaḍavā (Vaḍavānala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sacred place can hold multiple divine revelations—Sarasvatī is praised as manifesting in the auspicious, protective form of Gaurī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a seat of the Goddess’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it primarily identifies the deity’s form and presence at the site.