Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो महोदयं गच्छेत्तस्मादीशानसंस्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato mahodayaṃ gacchettasmādīśānasaṃsthitam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം ആ സ്ഥലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഈശാന (വടക്കുകിഴക്ക്) ദിശയിൽ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്ന മഹോദയത്തിലേക്ക് പോകണം.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• महोदयम्: Mahodaya (place)
• महोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् उदयः)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• ईशानसंस्थितम्: situated in the northeast
• ईशानसंस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईशान + संस्थित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ईशाने संस्थितम् = situated in the northeast)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahodaya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim party sets out from one shrine toward the northeast; a guide gestures to the īśāna direction; distant waterbody labeled Mahodaya; banners and staff, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Mahodaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa sacralizes geography: directions and movement become part of disciplined pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahodaya tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescribed visit—going to Mahodaya as the next station in the sacred circuit.