Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि भैरवेश्वरमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य ईशाने स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । चतुर्वक्त्रं महादेवं संस्थितं तीर्थरक्षणे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam | brahmakuṇḍasya īśāne sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | caturvaktraṃ mahādevaṃ saṃsthitaṃ tīrtharakṣaṇe

Translation

イーシュヴァラは言った。「それより、ああ大女神よ、梵天クンダの北東に坐し、罪を滅する最勝のバイラヴェーシュヴァラへ赴くがよい。そこには聖なるティールタを守護するため、四面のマハーデーヴァが安置されている。」

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb: thereafter/from there)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (महादेवी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महती देवī)

• bhairaveśvaram: Bhairaveśvara (a form of Śiva)
• bhairaveśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava + īśvara (भैरव + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भैरवस्य ईश्वरः)

• uttamam: supreme, excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (उत्तम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• brahmakuṇḍasya: of Brahmakuṇḍa
• brahmakuṇḍasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + kuṇḍa (ब्रह्म + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः कुण्डम्)

• īśāne: in the northeast (quarter)
• īśāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (ईशान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; दिशावाचक (northeast)

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with bhairaveśvaram)

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of sin
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + praṇāśana (पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्)

• caturvaktram: four-faced
• caturvaktram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur + vaktra (चतुर् + वक्त्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य)

• mahādevam: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (महादेव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• saṃsthitam: standing/established
• saṃsthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था) + सम् + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with mahādevam)

• tīrtharakṣaṇe: for the protection of the sacred ford
• tīrtharakṣaṇe: Adhikarana (Purpose/occasion as locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + rakṣaṇa (तीर्थ + रक्षण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य रक्षणम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara
• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Īśāna (northeast)
• Mahādeva
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is purposeful: specific forms of Śiva are installed to protect tīrthas and to remove sin from pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhairaveśvara located in the Īśāna (northeast) of Brahmakuṇḍa within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage instruction: one should go (gacchet) to Bhairaveśvara as part of tīrtha-darśana.