Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सत्यभामेश्वरं शुभम् । रत्नेश्वराद्दक्षिणे तु धनुषांतरमास्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi satyabhāmeśvaraṃ śubham | ratneśvarāddakṣiṇe tu dhanuṣāṃtaramāsthitam

Translation

Īśvara dit : Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, il faut se rendre au благоприятный Satyabhāmeśvara, situé au sud de Ratneśvara, à la distance d’une mesure de dhanuṣ.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• सत्यभामेश्वरम्: Satyabhāmeśvara (the lord of Satyabhāmā)
• सत्यभामेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यभामा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (सत्यभामायाः ईश्वरः)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सत्यभामेश्वरम्)

• रत्नेश्वरात्: from Ratneśvara
• रत्नेश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• दक्षिणे: to the south
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अन्तरम्: a distance/interval
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘धनुषाम् अन्तरम्’ = धनुष्प्रमाणान्तरम् (a distance of bows)

• आस्थितम्: situated
• आस्थितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्तक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सत्यभामेश्वरम्) — ‘स्थितम्/स्थितः’ (situated)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satyabhāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on the next stop in the Prabhāsa pilgrimage: the auspicious Satyabhāmeśvara shrine, indicated as south of Ratneśvara by a measured distance; pilgrims move along a coastal sacred landscape with small liṅga-temples.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Satyabhāmeśvara
• Ratneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa presents pilgrimage as an ordered sacred itinerary, where moving correctly through tīrthas is part of religious practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satyabhāmeśvara, an auspicious Śiva shrine in Prabhāsa, positioned south of Ratneśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction is given: proceed to Satyabhāmeśvara, described with directional and distance markers.