Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं बहुसुवर्णकम् । हिरण्यापूर्वदिग्भागे स्थाने बहुसुवर्णके

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ bahusuvarṇakam | hiraṇyāpūrvadigbhāge sthāne bahusuvarṇake

Translation

Īśvara dit : « Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, qu’on se rende auprès de la divinité nommée Bahusuvarṇaka, située dans le quartier oriental resplendissant d’or, au lieu appelé Bahusuvarṇaka. »

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमसूचक-अर्थ (then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• देवम्: to the deity
• देवम्: कर्म (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• बहुसुवर्णकम्: (the deity) Bahusuvarṇaka
• बहुसुवर्णकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-सुवर्णक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'देवम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• हिरण्यापूर्वदिग्भागे: in the eastern quarter called Hiraṇyā
• हिरण्यापूर्वदिग्भागे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य-पूर्व-दिक्-भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• स्थाने: at the place
• स्थाने: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• बहुसुवर्णके: at Bahusuvarṇaka
• बहुसुवर्णके: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहुसुवर्णक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; स्थान-नाम

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahusuvarṇaka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī to proceed eastward within Prabhāsa to the deity Bahusuvarṇaka; the landscape glows with a ‘golden’ dawn-like hue, with pilgrims moving along a sacred path marked by banners and small shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Bahusuvarṇaka/Bahusuvarṇēśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is mapped as sacred geography: the devotee is guided step-by-step to specific Śaiva shrines in Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahusuvarṇaka/Bahusuvarṇēśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive to go/visit (tīrtha-yātrā) to the Bahusuvarṇaka shrine.