Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मंगला प्रथमं पूज्या अजादेव्युत्तरे स्थिता । राह्वीशाद्दक्षिणेभागे नातिदूरे वरानने

Transliteration

maṃgalā prathamaṃ pūjyā ajādevyuttare sthitā | rāhvīśāddakṣiṇebhāge nātidūre varānane

Translation

મંગલાની પૂજા પ્રથમ કરવી જોઈએ. તે અજાદેવીના ઉત્તરે સ્થિત છે; હે વરાનને! રાહ્વીશના દક્ષિણ ભાગમાં, બહુ દૂર નથી.

Word by Word

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

• prathamam: first
• prathamam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (accusative used adverbially) = ‘firstly/first’

• pūjyā: to be worshipped
• pūjyā: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/णीयत्-प्रत्यय, gerundive); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ajādevyuttare: to the north of Ajādevī
• ajādevyuttare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajādevī (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ajādevyāḥ uttaram = north of Ajādevī)

• sthitā: situated
• sthitā: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, PPP in usage); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rāhvīśāt: from Rāhvīśa (as reference point)
• rāhvīśāt: Apadana (Source/Reference point/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhvīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• dakṣiṇe: in the southern
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying bhāge)

• bhāge: part/region
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• atidūre: too far (away)
• atidūre: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atidūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb) = ‘too far away’

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalā (kṣetra-śakti) station in Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara gives precise directions: Maṅgalā is to be worshipped first; she stands north of Ajādevī and near the southern side of Rāhvīśa.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalā
• Ajādevī
• Rāhvīśa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is practiced as ordered devotion—beginning with auspicious worship (Maṅgalā) and moving through a sanctified landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The internal sacred map of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, locating Maṅgalā in relation to Ajādevī and Rāhvīśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequencing rule: Maṅgalā is to be worshipped first (prathamaṃ pūjyā).