Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

प्रथमा मंगला देवी विशालाक्षी द्वितीयिका । तथा चत्वरदेवी तु तृतीया परिकीर्तिता

Transliteration

prathamā maṃgalā devī viśālākṣī dvitīyikā | tathā catvaradevī tu tṛtīyā parikīrtitā

Translation

પ્રથમ મંગલા દેવી, બીજી વિશાલાક્ષી; અને ત્રીજી ‘ચત્વરા દેવી’ તરીકે પ્રખ્યાત કહેવાય છે.

Word by Word

• prathamā: the first (one)
• prathamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• maṃgalā: Maṅgalā (name of the goddess)
• maṃgalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• devī: goddess
• devī: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśālākṣī: Viśālākṣī (wide-eyed goddess)
• viśālākṣī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣī/akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (viśālā akṣī yasyāḥ)

• dvitīyikā: the second (one)
• dvitīyikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise/and
• tathā: Discourse connector (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक (connector: 'and/likewise')

• catvaradevī: Catvaradevī (goddess of the crossroads/square)
• catvaradevī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvara (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (catvarasya devī)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• tṛtīyā: the third (one)
• tṛtīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parikīrtitā: is proclaimed/declared
• parikīrtitā: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + √kīrt (कीर्त्, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘is proclaimed/declared’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalā, Viśālākṣī, Catvarā-devī (Prabhāsa-kṣetra dūtīs)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three Devīs are presented as a triad: Maṅgalā (auspicious), Viśālākṣī (wide-eyed), and Catvarā-devī (associated with a crossroads/quad).

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalā Devī
• Viśālākṣī
• Catvarā-devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing and honoring the specific kṣetra-devatās is part of respectful pilgrimage practice and aligns the pilgrim with the place’s sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through identification of its attendant goddesses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit instruction to recognize and (in subsequent verses) worship these named goddesses as part of the yātrā.