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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं सिद्धेश्वरं परम् । तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे सिद्धैः संस्थापितं पुरा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param | tasyaiva paścime bhāge siddhaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ purā

Translation

Īśvara dit : « Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, il faut se rendre auprès du Seigneur suprême Siddheśvara. Sur le côté occidental de ce lieu même, jadis les Siddhas ont établi un liṅga ».

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen/from there
ततः:
Sequence marker (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महादेविO Mahādevī
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-देवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
सिद्धेश्वरम्Siddheśvara
सिद्धेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः)
परम्supreme
परम्:
Qualifier (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण
तस्यof that (deity)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
एवindeed/just
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)
पश्चिमेin the western
पश्चिमे:
Qualifier (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण
भागेpart/side
भागे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
सिद्धैःby the Siddhas
सिद्धैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
संस्थापितम्established
संस्थापितम्:
Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थापित (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Time adjunct (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on the next stop of the pilgrimage: a coastal sacred precinct with a small shrine to Siddheśvara on the western side; faint presence of Siddhas as luminous ascetics in the background.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
S
Siddheśvara
S
Siddhas

FAQs

Seek out the divinized geography of Prabhāsa: approaching Siddheśvara is presented as a direct encounter with the supreme Śiva.

Siddheśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with mention of a Siddha-established liṅga to the west of the sacred locus.

A pilgrimage injunction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Siddheśvara—implying darśana and worship at the liṅga.

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