Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवीं सौभाग्यकारिणीम् । कुण्डेश्वरीति विख्यातां पुष्कराद्वायुगोचरे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ saubhāgyakāriṇīm | kuṇḍeśvarīti vikhyātāṃ puṣkarādvāyugocare

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവീ! തുടർന്ന് സൗഭാഗ്യം നൽകുന്ന, ‘കുണ്ഡേശ്വരി’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധയായ ദേവിയിലേക്കു പോകണം; അവൾ പുഷ്കരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വായു-ദിശയിലായി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (the Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

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

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• devīm: the देवी (goddess)
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• saubhāgyakāriṇīm: bestowing good fortune
• saubhāgyakāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सौभाग्यं करोति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; adjective qualifying devīm

• kuṇḍeśvarī: Kuṇḍeśvarī
• kuṇḍeśvarī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कुण्डस्य ईश्वरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक (quotative)

• vikhyātām: renowned as
• vikhyātām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + khyā (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP qualifying devīm

• puṣkarāt: from Puṣkara
• puṣkarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative

• vāyugocare: in the region/track of the wind (wind-swept area)
• vāyugocare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वायोः गोचरः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍeśvarī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward a coastal sacred landscape; a small shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī appears amid trees and a nearby kuṇḍa, with pilgrims walking in the indicated direction.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī
• Puṣkara/Puṣkareśvara
• Vāyu (direction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography links Śiva and Devī sites—approaching the Goddess with reverence is taught as a means to auspiciousness and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī, located near Puṣkara/Puṣkareśvara within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: one should proceed to the shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī.