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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि चमसोद्भेदमुत्तमम् । यत्र ब्रह्माऽकरोत्सत्रं वर्षाणामयुतं प्रिये

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi camasodbhedamuttamam | yatra brahmā'karotsatraṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവി! തുടർന്ന് നീ ‘ചമസോദ്ഭേദം’ എന്ന ഉത്തമ തീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുക; ഹേ പ്രിയേ, അവിടെ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പത്തു ആയിരം വർഷം സത്രയജ്ഞം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Discourse/Sequence marker (क्रमसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ततोऽर्थे (thereafter/from there)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
चमसोद्भेदम्the Camasodbheda (place/feature)
चमसोद्भेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचमस (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘चमसस्य उद्भेदः’
उत्तमम्excellent
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं चमसोद्भेदम् इत्यस्य
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
अकरोत्performed/did
अकरोत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सत्रम्a sacrificial session (sattra)
सत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
वर्षाणाम्of years
वर्षाणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
अयुतम्ten thousand
अयुतम्:
Visheshana (Measure/परिमाणविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootअयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचकं (ten thousand)
प्रियेO dear one
प्रिये:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; प्रिय-शब्दः स्त्रीसम्बोधने
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camasodbheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route; in the background, a luminous tīrtha named Camasodbheda with a Vedic altar where Brahmā presides over a long satra, fires blazing steadily.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
C
Camasodbheda
B
Brahmā
S
Satra (sacrificial session)

FAQs

Pilgrimage is sanctified by the presence of ancient yajñas; visiting such a site connects the devotee to enduring Vedic merit.

The tīrtha named Camasodbheda within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

A directive to go/visit (tīrtha-yātrā); the verse also recalls Brahmā’s long satra-yajña as the site’s sanctifying basis.

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