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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

आश्रमादुत्तरात्तस्माद्दिव्यां दिशमथो त्तराम् । सुभद्रापि महाभागा तस्य या परिचारिका

āśramāduttarāttasmāddivyāṃ diśamatho ttarām | subhadrāpi mahābhāgā tasya yā paricārikā

Depuis le côté nord de l’āśrama, vers la direction divine du Nord, Subhadrā, la bienheureuse servante du sage, se tourna elle aussi et s’avança.

āśramātfrom the hermitage
āśramāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootāśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानम् (ablative)
uttarātnorthern
uttarāt:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; āśramāt इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
tasmātfrom that
tasmāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अपादानम्
divyāmdivine
divyām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; diśam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
diśamdirection
diśam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdiś (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of implied motion)
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle)
uttarāmnorthern
uttarām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; diśam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
subhadrāSubhadrā
subhadrā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsubhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also)
mahābhāgāvery fortunate
mahābhāgā:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; subhadrā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
who
:
Visheshana (Relative pronoun/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम; paricārikā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
paricārikāattendant (female servant)
paricārikā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootparicārikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्/सम्बन्धवाचक (appositive to yā)

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration context from 32.1)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A hermitage at the edge of Prabhāsa; the sage prepares to depart north; Subhadrā, auspicious and devoted, follows as attendant, turning toward the luminous northern horizon.

Ā
Āśrama
U
Uttarā diś (northern direction)
S
Subhadrā
M
Muni (implied)

FAQs

Purāṇic sacred narratives often mark spiritual transitions through directions—movement is shown as guided by divine order.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its āśrama landscape, mapped with directional sanctity within the Māhātmya.

None explicitly; it is a narrative-geographic setup indicating a divinely oriented movement.