Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि अजीगर्तेश्वरं हरम् । चन्द्रवापीसमीपस्थं कर्ममोटीसमीपतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi ajīgarteśvaraṃ haram | candravāpīsamīpasthaṃ karmamoṭīsamīpataḥ

Translation

Īśvara dit : «Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, qu’on se rende à Ajīgarteśvara—Hara—situé près du puits nommé Candravāpī, et tout proche de Karmamoṭī.»

Word by Word

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

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु ‘to speak’)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘then/from there’

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु ‘to go’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय: ‘महती देविः’

• ajīgarteśvaram: Ajīgarteśvara (a form of Śiva)
• ajīgarteśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajīgarta (प्रातिपदिक, proper name) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): ‘अजीगर्तस्य ईश्वरः’ (Ajīgarteśvara)

• haram: Hara (Śiva)
• haram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ajīgarteśvaram’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• candra-vāpī-samīpastham: situated near Candravāpī
• candra-vāpī-samīpastham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāpī (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-परम्परा): ‘चन्द्रवाप्याः समीपे स्थितम्’ (situated near Candravāpī); ‘ajīgarteśvaram’ इति विशेषणम्

• karma-moṭī-samīpataḥ: near (the place) Karma-moṭī
• karma-moṭī-samīpataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: karma-moṭī (प्रातिपदिक, place-name) + samīpatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, ‘समīपतः’ (ablatival adverb) = ‘near/from the vicinity of’; पूर्वपदं स्थाननाम (karma-moṭī)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajīgarteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a coastal pilgrimage map: a small shrine labeled Ajīgarteśvara, a moon-named well (Candravāpī) with steps, and a nearby settlement marker (Karmamoṭī).

Characters & Entities

• Ajīgarteśvara
• Hara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Candravāpī
• Karmamoṭī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra is a sacred network: moving from one sanctified landmark to another is itself a dharmic pilgrimage discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Ajīgarteśvara (a Śiva-liṅga site) near Candravāpī, close to Karmamoṭī in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to go/visit (gacchet) Ajīgarteśvara as part of the tīrtha-circuit.