Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पादुकासनसंस्था च तत्र देवी सरस्वती । गौरीरूपेण सा तत्र वडवाश्रितविग्रहा

Transliteration

pādukāsanasaṃsthā ca tatra devī sarasvatī | gaurīrūpeṇa sā tatra vaḍavāśritavigrahā

Translation

അവിടെ ദേവി സരസ്വതി പാദുകാസനത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതയാണ്. അതേ സ്ഥലത്ത് അവൾ ഗൗരീരൂപത്തിൽ, വഡവാ (സമുദ്രാഗ്നി) ആശ്രിതമായ വിഗ്രഹം ധരിച്ചു വിരാജിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• pādukā-āsana-saṃsthā: seated on a pādukā-seat
• pādukā-āsana-saṃsthā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pādukā (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘seated/placed on a pādukā-seat’)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• gaurī-rūpeṇa: in the form of Gaurī
• gaurī-rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘in/with the form of Gaurī’)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• vaḍavā-āśrita-vigrahā: having a form associated with Vaḍavā
• vaḍavā-āśrita-vigrahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaḍavā (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrita (कृदन्त; √śri श्रि with आ) + vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘having a form that has resorted to/associated with Vaḍavā’)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess Sarasvatī as Gaurī sits upon a pādukā-seat; her form subtly evokes Vaḍavā—an inner, controlled fire—suggested by a faint aureole of flame beneath or behind the seat while her face remains calm and maternal.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Gaurī
• Vaḍavā (Vaḍavānala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sacred place can hold multiple divine revelations—Sarasvatī is praised as manifesting in the auspicious, protective form of Gaurī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a seat of the Goddess’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it primarily identifies the deity’s form and presence at the site.