Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि भैरवेश्वरमुत्तमम् । योगेश्वर्या दक्षिणतो नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam | yogeśvaryā dakṣiṇato nātidūre vyavasthitam

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Dann, o Mahādevī, soll man zum erhabenen Bhairaveśvara gehen, der nicht fern südlich von Yogeśvarī gelegen ist.“

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Temporal (Kāla/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereafter)

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

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• भैरवेश्वरम्: Bhairaveśvara
• भैरवेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भैरवस्य ईश्वरः)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• योगेश्वर्याः: of Yogēśvarī
• योगेश्वर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दक्षिणतः: to the south (of)
• दक्षिणतः: Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दक्षिणतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (directional adverb: ‘to the south of’)

• न: not
• न: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अतिदूरे: very far (away)
• अतिदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (अति-दूर = very far)

• व्यवस्थितम्: situated/located
• व्यवस्थितम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (near Yogeśvarī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, indicating a nearby southern shrine—Bhairaveśvara—within the coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Bhairaveśvara
• Yogeśvarī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya frames pilgrimage as a sequential approach to Śaiva shrines, where moving through space becomes a disciplined spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhairaveśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, located south of the Yogeśvarī shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescription to visit (gacchet) Bhairaveśvara; no further rite is specified in this verse.