Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र गंगेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रेश्वरं तथा । बालेश्वरं च संप्रेक्ष्य सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tatra gaṃgeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitreśvaraṃ tathā | bāleśvaraṃ ca saṃprekṣya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

Là, après avoir contemplé Gaṅgeśvara et aussi Viśvāmitreśvara, et après avoir porté son regard sur Bāleśvara, on obtient tous les buts désirés.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गङ्गेश्वरम्: Gaṅgeśvara (Śiva-linga)
• गङ्गेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; देवालय/लिङ्ग-नाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Viśvāmitreśvara (Śiva-linga)
• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवालय/लिङ्ग-नाम

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• बालेश्वरम्: Bāleśvara (Śiva-linga)
• बालेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवालय/लिङ्ग-नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• संप्रेक्ष्य: having beheld/observed
• संप्रेक्ष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), अर्थः = 'सम्यक् प्रेक्ष्य'

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्)

• कामान्: desired objects/wishes
• कामान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pātāla Gaṅgeśvara – Viśvāmitreśvara – Bāleśvara (tri-liṅga) in Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) / the audience of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches three adjacent Śiva-liṅga shrines in Prabhāsa; each liṅga is garlanded, with lamps and bilva leaves; the sea-breeze and coastal light suggest Somnātha’s littoral sacredness.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgeśvara
• Viśvāmitreśvara
• Bāleśvara
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as both devotional and transformative: darśana of revered liṅgas is said to confer siddhi—fulfillment of legitimate aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cluster of shrines at Prabhāsa Kṣetra: Gaṅgeśvara, Viśvāmitreśvara, and Bāleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (visiting/seeing) of the three liṅgas is the stated practice; no additional rite is specified in this verse.