Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्यैवोत्तरदिग्भागे किञ्चिद्वायव्यसंस्थितम् । संगालेश्वरनामास्ति सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasyaivottaradigbhāge kiñcidvāyavyasaṃsthitam | saṃgāleśvaranāmāsti sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതേ സ്ഥലത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തരദിക്കുഭാഗത്ത്, അല്പം വായവ്യദിശയിൽ, ‘സംഗാലേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള ശിവലിംഗം ഉണ്ട്; അത് സർവ്വപാപനാശകം.

Word by Word

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

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

• tasya: of that (place)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• uttara-dik-bhāge: in the northern direction-part
• uttara-dik-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (उत्तर) + diś (दिश्-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (भाग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• kiñcit: somewhat, a certain (place)
• kiñcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (किञ्चित्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-परिमाणवाचक सर्वनाम

• vāyavya-saṃsthitam: situated in the north-west
• vāyavya-saṃsthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyavya (वायव्य-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (संस्थित-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā + sam + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘वायव्ये संस्थितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• saṃgāla-īśvara-nāmā: named Saṃgāleśvara
• saṃgāla-īśvara-nāmā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgāla (संगाल-प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (नामन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘संगालेश्वर इति नाम यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: the destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + pātaka (पातक) + nāśana (नाशन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-path opens to the north-northwest of Prabhāsa; a stone liṅga shrine labeled Saṅgāleśvara stands amid coastal light, with subtle wind (vāyu) motifs suggesting the vāyavya quarter; the atmosphere conveys purification and awe.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Saṅgāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha landscape is presented as a network of specific Śiva-presences, each granting purification and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Saṅgāleśvara, located in relation to the previously described Prabhāsakṣetra sites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it introduces Saṅgāleśvara as a sin-destroying sacred presence for darśana and worship.