Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । अथ संपूज्य विधिना देवदेवं कपर्द्दिनम् । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिगं केदारसंस्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | atha saṃpūjya vidhinā devadevaṃ kaparddinam | tato gacchenmahādevi ligaṃ kedārasaṃsthitam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Nachdem man Devadeva Kaparddin (Śiva) nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung recht verehrt hat, soll man dann, o Mahādevī, zum als Kedāra eingesetzten Liṅga schreiten.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (the Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: then/now)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• vidhinā: by the prescribed rite; properly
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• devadevam: God of gods
• devadevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-deva (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः) (Accusative singular)

• kaparddinam: Kaparddin (Śiva)
• kaparddinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaparddin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (thereafter/therefore)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• mahādevi: O Great Goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती देवी) (Vocative singular)

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• kedāra-saṃsthitam: situated at Kedāra
• kedāra-saṃsthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kedāra-saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक; केदार + संस्थित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; केदार-तत्पुरुष (केदारे संस्थितम्); संस्थित: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) (Neuter accusative singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapardī (Devadeva) and Kedāra-liṅga (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Mahādevī: after worshipping Kapardī with full rites, the pilgrim proceeds along a sacred path to the Kedāra-liṅga within Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Kaparddin
• Kedāra-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship (vidhi) followed by right pilgrimage (yātrā) is presented as the orderly path to receiving Śiva’s grace in a sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Kedāra-established Śiva-liṅga within this sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship Devadeva Kaparddin according to proper ritual procedure, and then proceed to the Kedāra liṅga.