Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे ऋषीणां पुण्यकर्मणाम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | tasyaiva paścime bhāge ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām

Translation

Īśvara said: “Then, O Great Goddess, one should go to a tīrtha, a ford of pilgrimage famed in the three worlds. On its western side is the abode of sages of holy deeds…”

Word by Word

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

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

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/ablatival adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; 'thereafter/from there')

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

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: to a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्: Karman (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + विश्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रु धातोः वि+क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of तीर्थम्)

• तस्य: of that (place)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of भागे)

• भागे: in the part/region
• भागे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• पुण्यकर्मणाम्: of those whose deeds are meritorious
• पुण्यकर्मणाम्: Sambandha (Qualifier in genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ऋषीणाम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (tri-loka-viśruta tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on the next stage of pilgrimage: a famed tīrtha, with the western side shown as a serene grove of ṛṣis performing tapas and rites.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mahādevī
• Tīrtha
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is mapped as a sacred journey: moving from site to site, one approaches places sanctified by the presence and merit of ṛṣis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘tīrtha renowned in the three worlds’ is introduced, but the specific name is not present in this snippet (likely given in subsequent verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction given is to proceed to the tīrtha; further ritual details are not included in the provided line.