Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

नाम्ना यत्प्राङ्मुखं तीर्थं सरस्वत्यास्तटे स्थितम् । मांडव्येश्वरनाम्ना वै यत्रेशः संप्रतिष्ठितः

Transliteration

nāmnā yatprāṅmukhaṃ tīrthaṃ sarasvatyāstaṭe sthitam | māṃḍavyeśvaranāmnā vai yatreśaḥ saṃpratiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

Il est un tīrtha nommé Prāṅmukha, situé sur la rive de la Sarasvatī. Là, le Seigneur est établi sous le nom de Māṇḍavyeśvara.

Word by Word

• नाम्ना: by name, as called
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular; ‘by name/as named’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (relative pronoun agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• प्राङ्मुखम्: east-facing
• प्राङ्मुखम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राङ्-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; प्राङ् + मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पूर्वाभिमुखम्’ (neuter sg qualifying तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Nom/Acc singular)

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थितम्’ (Past participle)

• माण्डव्येश्वरनाम्ना: by the name Māṇḍavyeśvara
• माण्डव्येश्वरनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य-ईश्वर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; माण्डव्य + ईश्वर + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular; ‘by the name Māṇḍavyeśvara’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• ईशः: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• संप्रतिष्ठितः: is established
• संप्रतिष्ठितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थापितः’ (Past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prāṅmukha-tīrtha (with Māṇḍavyeśvara)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An east-facing Śiva shrine on the Sarasvatī bank; morning sun rays from the east; a liṅga labeled Māṇḍavyeśvara; pilgrims offering bilva leaves with the river flowing beside.

Characters & Entities

• Prāṅmukha Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī River
• Māṇḍavyeśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely water and land; it is sanctified by the presence and establishment of Īśa (Śiva) in a named form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prāṅmukha Tīrtha on the Sarasvatī, with the Māṇḍavyeśvara installation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied worship at Māṇḍavyeśvara; no explicit vrata or dāna is prescribed in this verse.