Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । अहो तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं गिरे रैवतकस्य च । भवस्य देवदेवस्य तथा वस्त्रापथस्य च

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | aho tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ gire raivatakasya ca | bhavasya devadevasya tathā vastrāpathasya ca

Translation

Pārvatī dit : « Ah ! Grande est la gloire de ce tīrtha, et du mont Raivataka, de Bhava — le Dieu des dieux — et de Vastrāpatha également. »

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अहो: ah!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयार्थक निपात (interjection)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; वाक्ये कर्मवत्/विधेयवत् प्रयोगः

• गिरेः: of the mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रैवतकस्य: of Raivataka
• रैवतकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (शिवनाम)

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• वस्त्रापथस्य: of Vastrāpatha
• वस्त्रापथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + अपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (वस्त्राणाम् अपथः/वस्त्रापथः; स्थाननाम)

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

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha (with Raivataka-giri association)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, seated beside Śiva, gestures toward a distant sacred landscape: the massif of Raivataka rising behind a tīrtha and the Vastrāpatha shrine; her expression is wonder at the mahātmyā.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Tīrtha
• Raivataka
• Bhava
• Vastrāpatha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for tīrtha and deity arises from recognizing their māhātmya—sacred geography is a pathway to devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha tīrtha and Mount Raivataka in the Prabhāsa region, centered on Bhava (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is an उद्घाटन (opening) praise that introduces the next teaching.