Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

मल्लिकाख्ये तथा विष्णुर्महेन्द्रे भार्गवस्तथा । गोनर्दः स्थविराकारे ह्युज्जयिन्यां पितामहः

Transliteration

mallikākhye tathā viṣṇurmahendre bhārgavastathā | gonardaḥ sthavirākāre hyujjayinyāṃ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

De même, à Mallikākhya Je suis Viṣṇu ; à Mahendra Je suis Bhārgava. À Gonarda, Je Me manifeste sous l’aspect d’un vénérable vieillard ; et à Ujjayinī Je suis Pitāmaha, le Grand Aïeul.

Word by Word

• मल्लिकाख्ये: in Mallikākhya (place)
• मल्लिकाख्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिकाख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्थाननाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—मल्लिका इति आख्या यस्य (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/नामधारक)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महेन्द्रे: in Mahendra (place)
• महेन्द्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्थाननाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् इन्द्रः (कर्मधारय)

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: also)

• गोनर्दः: Gonarda (name)
• गोनर्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोनर्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थविराकारे: in Sthavirākāra (place)
• स्थविराकारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थविराकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्थाननाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—स्थविरस्य आकारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed)

• उज्जयिन्यां: in Ujjayinī
• उज्जयिन्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā / grandsire)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पितुः आमहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘grandfather’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahendra; Ujjayinī

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four scenes: Mallikākhya—Viṣṇu amid jasmine garlands; Mahendra—Bhārgava/Paraśurāma on a mountain with axe; Gonarda—an aged, compassionate ‘Sthavira’ form blessing devotees; Ujjayinī—Pitāmaha (Brahmā) seated on lotus near a grand city-temple skyline by the Shiprā.

Characters & Entities

• Mallikākhya
• Mahendra
• Gonarda
• Ujjayinī
• Viṣṇu
• Bhārgava
• Pitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as living theologies: the same divine principle is honored as Viṣṇu, Bhārgava, or Pitāmaha according to the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ujjayinī (Ujjain) is explicitly named, along with Mallikākhya, Mahendra, and Gonarda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified in this verse; it functions as a catalog for pilgrimage remembrance and kṣetra-reverence.