Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवीं सौभाग्यकारिणीम् । कुण्डेश्वरीति विख्यातां पुष्कराद्वायुगोचरे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ saubhāgyakāriṇīm | kuṇḍeśvarīti vikhyātāṃ puṣkarādvāyugocare

Translation

Īśvara dit : «Ensuite, ô Mahādevī, qu’on se rende auprès de la Déesse qui confère la bonne fortune, renommée sous le nom de Kuṇḍeśvarī, établie dans la région que l’on atteint depuis Puṣkara vers la direction de Vāyu (le quartier du vent).»

Word by Word

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

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• devīm: the देवी (goddess)
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• saubhāgyakāriṇīm: bestowing good fortune
• saubhāgyakāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सौभाग्यं करोति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; adjective qualifying devīm

• kuṇḍeśvarī: Kuṇḍeśvarī
• kuṇḍeśvarī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कुण्डस्य ईश्वरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक (quotative)

• vikhyātām: renowned as
• vikhyātām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + khyā (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP qualifying devīm

• puṣkarāt: from Puṣkara
• puṣkarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative

• vāyugocare: in the region/track of the wind (wind-swept area)
• vāyugocare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वायोः गोचरः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍeśvarī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward a coastal sacred landscape; a small shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī appears amid trees and a nearby kuṇḍa, with pilgrims walking in the indicated direction.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī
• Puṣkara/Puṣkareśvara
• Vāyu (direction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography links Śiva and Devī sites—approaching the Goddess with reverence is taught as a means to auspiciousness and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī, located near Puṣkara/Puṣkareśvara within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: one should proceed to the shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī.