Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सांबादित्यमनुत्तमम् । तस्मादुत्तरभागे तु सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sāṃbādityamanuttamam | tasmāduttarabhāge tu sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Dann, o große Göttin, soll man zum unvergleichlichen Sāmbāditya gehen. Und an seiner Nordseite befindet sich das, was alle Sünden vernichtet.“

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थे अपादान/क्रमसूचक (ablatival adverb: 'then/from there')

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ('great goddess')

• सांबादित्यम्: Sāmba-Āditya (a form of the Sun)
• सांबादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (determinative)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed; excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• उत्तरभागे: in the northern part
• उत्तरभागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('in the northern part')

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: (place that is) destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, indicating a pilgrimage itinerary: the radiant Sāmbāditya shrine ahead, with a marked northern precinct famed for sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mahādevī
• Sāmbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is mapped as a dharmic journey: moving from tīrtha to tīrtha is portrayed as a means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāmbāditya within Prabhāsakṣetra, along with a northern adjacent sin-destroying sacred spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct instruction to go (gacchet) to Sāmbāditya as part of the kṣetra-caryā (sacred circuit).