Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तत्र स्थाने तु संस्थितम् । चण्डीश्वरं महालिंगं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tatra sthāne tu saṃsthitam | caṇḍīśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Dann, o Große Göttin, soll man zu jenem Ort gehen, wo der große Liṅga namens Caṇḍīśvara steht, der alle Sünden vernichtet.“

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Nominative singular, masculine)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd sg)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd sg: should go)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Vocative singular, feminine)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular, neuter)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• संस्थितम्: situated; established
• संस्थितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+√स्था (धातु)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: situated)

• चण्डीश्वरम्: Caṇḍīśvara
• चण्डीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (Accusative singular, masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (caṇḍyāḥ īśvaraḥ)

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Apposition/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter); कर्मधारय (mahat liṅgam)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Accusative singular, neuter); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarveṣāṃ pātakānāṃ nāśanam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍīśvara Mahāliṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī, gesturing toward a sanctified spot where a towering, dark, polished liṅga (Caṇḍīśvara) stands amid lamps and bilva leaves; pilgrims approach in orderly procession.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Caṇḍīśvara
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a Śiva-liṅga sanctified in a tīrtha is presented as a direct means for purification from even major sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Caṇḍīśvara Mahāliṅga shrine located within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear injunction to go/visit (gacchet) the established Caṇḍīśvara Mahāliṅga.