Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कूपं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । देविकायास्तटे रम्ये हुंकारेणैव पूर्यते

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kūpaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | devikāyāstaṭe ramye huṃkāreṇaiva pūryate

Translation

Īśvara sprach: Dann, o große Göttin, soll man zu einem Brunnen gehen, der in den drei Welten berühmt ist. Am lieblichen Ufer der Devikā füllt er sich schon durch den Laut „huṃ“.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘said’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतु-वाचक अव्यय; ‘then/from there’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should go’

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कूपम्: to the well
• कूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: famed in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुतम्’ (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष) qualifying कूपम्

• देविकायाः: of Devikā
• देविकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• रम्ये: beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; qualifying तटे

• हुंकारेण: by a huṃkāra (roar/utterance)
• हुंकारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• पूर्यते: is filled
• पूर्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (धातु) (पूरणे)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) ‘is filled’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tri-loka-viśruta Kūpa on Devikā-taṭa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs the Goddess beside a beautiful riverbank; a stone-lined well gleams; as the syllable 'huṃ' is uttered, water rises and fills the well, forming ripples shaped like sacred syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Devikā (river)
• Kūpa (sacred well)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is animated by divine power: a tīrtha can manifest miraculous abundance through mantra-like potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A famous sacred well (kūpa) on the bank of the Devikā river in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrims are instructed to go (visit) the well; the verse highlights huṃkāra as the operative sacred sound associated with it.