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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । यदेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं पश्येत्पूर्वं कपर्द्दिनम् । भगवन्संशयं ह्येनं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

devyuvāca | yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ paśyetpūrvaṃ kaparddinam | bhagavansaṃśayaṃ hyenaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi

Translation

Die Göttin sprach: „Was du gesagt hast — dass man zuerst Kaparddī schauen solle — o erhabener Bhagavān, darüber ist in mir dieser Zweifel entstanden. Bitte erkläre es der Wahrheit gemäß.“

Word by Word
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Speaker/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (said)
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun, neuter nom/acc sg)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Apposition (Correlative)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, neuter nom/acc sg)
भवताby you
भवता:
Kartr̥-karaṇa (Agent in passive / Instrumental of agent)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (honorific pronoun, instrumental singular)
प्रोक्तम्said/spoken
प्रोक्तम्:
Kriyā (Predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√वच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: उक्तम् (said)
पश्येत्should see/may see
पश्येत्:
Kriyā (Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम/मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: दृश् (to see)
पूर्वम्first/beforehand
पूर्वम्:
Kāla (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: earlier/first)
कपर्द्दिनम्Kapardin (Śiva)
कपर्द्दिनम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकपर्द्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular); शिवस्य नाम (epithet of Śiva)
भगवन्O Lord
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, vocative singular)
संशयम्doubt
संशयम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: indeed/for)
एनम्this (doubt)
एनम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, accusative singular: this/him)
यथावत्properly
यथावत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत् (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly, as it should be)
वक्तुम्to tell
वक्तुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive), धातु: वच् (to speak)
अर्हसिyou ought/are able
अर्हसि:
Kriyā (Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (you are fit/ought)
Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaparddī (as first-darśana deity in Prabhāsa circuit)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī respectfully questions Īśvara about the instruction that Kaparddī should be beheld first, seeking proper clarification of the ritual/pilgrimage order.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī
K
Kaparddī

FAQs

Sacred practice should be grounded in clear understanding; even divine instruction invites inquiry and proper explanation.

The teaching is situated in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, connected with the Someśvara sacred region at Prabhāsa.

The implied prescription is precedence in worship—first darśana/pūjā of Kaparddī (Vighneśvara) before other deities.

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