Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येत्सूर्यं पापप्रणाशनम् । तथा च पिंगलां देवीं पार्वतीरूपधारिणीम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyetsūryaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | tathā ca piṃgalāṃ devīṃ pārvatīrūpadhāriṇīm

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അവിടെയേ തന്നെ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് പാപനാശകനായ സൂര്യനെ ദർശിക്കണം. അതുപോലെ പാർവതീരൂപം ധരിച്ച ദേവി പിംഗളയെയും ദർശിക്കണം.

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• saṃsthitam: situated; standing
• saṃsthitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-sthā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = placed/standing

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sūryam: the Sun
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pāpapraṇāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpapraṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सūrya-विशेषण (destroyer of sins)

• tathā: likewise; and then
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ (in like manner; then)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• piṃgalām: Piṅgalā
• piṃgalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṃgalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन (in apposition to Piṅgalā)

• pārvatīrūpadhāriṇīm: bearing the form of Pārvatī
• pārvatīrūpadhāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārvatī-rūpa-dhāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; devī-विशेषण (one who bears the form of Pārvatī)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-darśana; Piṅgalā Devī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs pilgrims: the rising Sun over the Prabhāsa coast/riverbank, devotees offering arghya; nearby stands Piṅgalā Devī in Pārvatī’s form, blessing worshippers.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Sūrya
• Piṅgalā Devī
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled through darśana of the deity; seeing Sūrya and the Devī at the tīrtha is taught as a means of sin-destruction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Prabhāsa Kṣetra locale associated with Sūrya (Piṅgalāditya) and Piṅgalā Devī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent beholding/visiting) of Sūrya and Piṅgalā Devī at the sacred spot.