Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येत्पुष्पदन्तेश्वरं शुभम् । पुष्पदन्तेश्वरोनाम गणेशः शंकरस्य तु

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyetpuṣpadanteśvaraṃ śubham | puṣpadanteśvaronāma gaṇeśaḥ śaṃkarasya tu

Translation

Īśvara dit : « Là même, qu’on contemple l’auspicieux Puṣpadanteśvara. “Puṣpadanteśvara” est le nom de Gaṇeśa, rattaché à Śaṅkara. »

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• saṃsthitam: situated
• saṃsthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpadanteśvaram इत्यस्य)

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• puṣpadanteśvaram: Puṣpadanteśvara
• puṣpadanteśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa-danta-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + दन्त + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpadanteśvaram इत्यस्य)

• puṣpadanteśvaraḥ: Puṣpadanteśvara
• puṣpadanteśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa-danta-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• gaṇeśaḥ: Gaṇeśa
• gaṇeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• śaṃkarasya: of Śaṃkara
• śaṃkarasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣpadanteśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara speaks, directing the pilgrim to an auspicious Gaṇeśa shrine named Puṣpadanteśvara within Prabhāsa; Gaṇeśa appears with floral garlands and a gentle, protective presence near a Śaiva precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Puṣpadanteśvara
• Gaṇeśa
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred darśana itself is praised: seeing the deity at a consecrated site is treated as spiritually transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣpadanteśvara, identified here as a Gaṇeśa presence within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to “behold” (paśyet) the deity—an emphasis on darśana; no further rite is specified.