Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शृंगेश्वरमनुत्तमम् । शुकस्थानस्य सान्निध्ये सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śṛṃgeśvaramanuttamam | śukasthānasya sānnidhye sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Dann, o große Göttin, soll man zum unvergleichlichen Śṛṅgeśvara gehen. In der unmittelbaren Nähe von Śukas heiliger Stätte ist er der Vernichter aller Sünden.“

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (sequence adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/Instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समास: महा + देवी

• शृंगेश्वरम्: Śṛṅgeśvara
• शृंगेश्वरम्: Karma (Object of going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंगेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: शृङ्गस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण शृंगेश्वरम् प्रति

• शुकस्थानस्य: of Śuka’s place
• शुकस्थानस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समास: शुकस्य स्थानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सान्निध्ये: in the vicinity/presence
• सान्निध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective of Śṛṅgeśvara/its vicinity)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śṛṅgeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on pilgrimage: a directional gesture toward a coastal shrine; a small hermitage-marker for Śuka-sthāna nearby; pilgrims moving with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Śṛṅgeśvara
• Śuka-sthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with reverence to a praised Śiva-liṅga site is presented as a potent means of inner purification and removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śṛṅgeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically near the sacred Śuka-sthāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to Śṛṅgeśvara—establishing pilgrimage/visit (darśana) as the key act in this verse.