Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं सिद्धेश्वरं परम् । तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे सिद्धैः संस्थापितं पुरा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param | tasyaiva paścime bhāge siddhaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ purā

Translation

ಈಶ್ವರನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅನಂತರ, ಓ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, ಪರಮ ದೇವರಾದ ಸಿದ್ಧೇಶ್ವರನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಅದೇ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಳದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿದ್ಧರು ಪುರಾತನಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಲಿಂಗವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ್ದರು।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Sequence marker (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-देवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानाम् ईश्वरः)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्य: of that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• पश्चिमे: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भागे: part/side
• भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• संस्थापितम्: established
• संस्थापितम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थापित (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Time adjunct (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on the next stop of the pilgrimage: a coastal sacred precinct with a small shrine to Siddheśvara on the western side; faint presence of Siddhas as luminous ascetics in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Siddheśvara
• Siddhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seek out the divinized geography of Prabhāsa: approaching Siddheśvara is presented as a direct encounter with the supreme Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with mention of a Siddha-established liṅga to the west of the sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage injunction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Siddheśvara—implying darśana and worship at the liṅga.