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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि उत्तरे देवमुत्तमम् । यस्तमाराधयेद्देवं महापातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi uttare devamuttamam | yastamārādhayeddevaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

Translation

イーシュヴァラは言った。「それから、マハーデーヴィーよ、北へ進み、最上の主のもとへ行くがよい。かの神—大罪を滅する御方—を礼拝する者は、その重き罪過が除かれる。」

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महादेविO Mahādevī
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
उत्तरेin the north
उत्तरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; दिग्वाचक (in the north)
देवम्the god/deity
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उत्तमम्supreme
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देवम्)
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
तम्him/that (deity)
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आराधयेत्should worship, propitiate
आराधयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootराध् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महापातकनाशनम्destroyer of great sins
महापातकनाशनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहापातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देवम्)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed ‘uttara’ devatā-sthāna within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (next station)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs Devī, pointing northward on a sacred map of Prabhāsa; a distant shrine glows, indicating the ‘supreme deity’ who destroys great sins.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara
M
Mahādevī
U
Uttareśvara (implied)

FAQs

Pilgrimage and sincere worship of Śiva at the praised shrine are presented as a dharmic means to cleanse even grave sins.

The northern shrine of the supreme Lord in Prabhāsa Kṣetra—understood in this chapter as Uttareśvara.

Going (yātrā) to the northern sacred spot and performing ārādhana (devotional worship) of the deity.

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