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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

महाबलस्तु चण्डीशो घंटाकर्णस्तु गोमुखः । विनायको महानादः काकवक्त्रः शुभेक्षणः । एकाक्षो दुन्दुभिश्चंडस्तालजंघस्तथैव च

Transliteration

mahābalastu caṇḍīśo ghaṃṭākarṇastu gomukhaḥ | vināyako mahānādaḥ kākavaktraḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ | ekākṣo dundubhiścaṃḍastālajaṃghastathaiva ca

Translation

À Prabhāsa se tiennent les puissants Gaṇas de Śiva : Mahābala et Caṇḍīśa; Ghaṇṭākarṇa et Gomukha; Vināyaka et Mahānāda; Kākavaktra et Śubhekṣaṇa; ainsi qu’Ekākṣa, Dundubhi, le farouche Caṇḍa, et aussi Tāla-jaṅgha.

Word by Word
महाबलःMahābala (proper name)
महाबलः:
Karta (Subject (name in list)/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + बल (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (great-strong)
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
चण्डीशःCaṇḍīśa
चण्डीशः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्डी + ईश (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (lord of Caṇḍī)
घण्टाकर्णःGhaṇṭākarṇa
घण्टाकर्णः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootघण्टा + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—घण्टे इव कर्णौ यस्य (bell-eared)
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
गोमुखःGomukha
गोमुखः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगो + मुख (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—गोमुखं यस्य (cow-faced)
विनायकःVināyaka
विनायकः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
महानादःMahānāda
महानादः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + नाद (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great-sounding)
काकवक्त्रःKākavaktra
काकवक्त्रः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाक + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—काकवक्त्रं यस्य (crow-faced)
शुभेक्षणःŚubhekṣaṇa
शुभेक्षणः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशुभ + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—शुभम् ईक्षणं यस्य (auspicious-eyed)
एकाक्षःEkākṣa
एकाक्षः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—एकम् अक्षि यस्य (one-eyed)
दुन्दुभिःDundubhi
दुन्दुभिः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
चण्डःCaṇḍa
चण्डः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम
तालजङ्घःTālajaṅgha
तालजङ्घः:
Karta (Name in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootताल + जङ्घा (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—तालवत् जङ्घे यस्य (having legs like palm-trunks)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/also)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed/just)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devēśī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession-like tableau of gaṇas in Prabhāsa: Mahābala, Caṇḍīśa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Gomukha, Vināyaka, Mahānāda, Kākavaktra, Śubhekṣaṇa, Ekākṣa, Dundubhi, Caṇḍa, Tāla-jaṅgha—each with distinct emblems and physiognomy.

Characters & Entities
C
Caṇḍīśa
G
Ghaṇṭākarṇa
G
Gomukha
V
Vināyaka
M
Mahānāda
K
Kākavaktra
Ś
Śubhekṣaṇa
E
Ekākṣa
D
Dundubhi
C
Caṇḍa
T
Tāla-jaṅgha

FAQs

Holy places are protected and sanctified by divine attendants of Śiva; entering such a kṣetra is to enter an ordered sacred realm.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), celebrated as a Śaiva sacred landscape guarded by Gaṇas.

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse primarily lists the Gaṇas associated with the kṣetra.

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