Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्माद्वायव्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । संगमेश्वरनामाढ्यमृषयो यत्र संगताः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasmādvāyavyadigbhāge sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | saṃgameśvaranāmāḍhyamṛṣayo yatra saṃgatāḥ

Translation

Īśvara dijo: Por ello, hacia el noroeste de aquel lugar se halla un sitio santo que destruye los pecados, célebre con el nombre de Saṃgameśvara, donde se congregan los sabios ṛṣi.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• vāyavya-dig-bhāge: in the north-western quarter-part
• vāyavya-dig-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyavya-dik-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; वायव्य + दिक् + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• saṃgameśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: rich with the name ‘Saṃgameśvara’ (called Saṃgameśvara)
• saṃgameśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgama-īśvara-nāman-āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक; संगम + ईश्वर + नामन् + आढ्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpapraṇāśanam)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb ‘where’)

• saṃgatāḥ: assembled
• saṃgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgameśvara

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks, pointing to the northwest; a confluence landscape appears with two streams meeting, a small Saṃgameśvara liṅga-shrine on the bank, and groups of sages seated in assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Saṃgameśvara
• Ṛṣis
• Vāyavya (northwest direction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places associated with Śiva are presented as sin-destroying and as natural gathering points for sages and spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃgameśvara, a sin-destroying site in the Prabhāsakṣetra sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily locates and praises Saṃgameśvara.