Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्माद्वायव्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । संगमेश्वरनामाढ्यमृषयो यत्र संगताः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasmādvāyavyadigbhāge sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | saṃgameśvaranāmāḍhyamṛṣayo yatra saṃgatāḥ

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു: ആ സ്ഥലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വായവ്യ ദിശാഭാഗത്ത് പാപനാശകമായ ഒരു പുണ്യസ്ഥലം ഉണ്ട്; അത് ‘സംഗമേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രശസ്തം, അവിടെ ഋഷിമാർ സംഗമിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• vāyavya-dig-bhāge: in the north-western quarter-part
• vāyavya-dig-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyavya-dik-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; वायव्य + दिक् + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• saṃgameśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: rich with the name ‘Saṃgameśvara’ (called Saṃgameśvara)
• saṃgameśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgama-īśvara-nāman-āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक; संगम + ईश्वर + नामन् + आढ्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pāpapraṇāśanam)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb ‘where’)

• saṃgatāḥ: assembled
• saṃgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgameśvara

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks, pointing to the northwest; a confluence landscape appears with two streams meeting, a small Saṃgameśvara liṅga-shrine on the bank, and groups of sages seated in assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Saṃgameśvara
• Ṛṣis
• Vāyavya (northwest direction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places associated with Śiva are presented as sin-destroying and as natural gathering points for sages and spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃgameśvara, a sin-destroying site in the Prabhāsakṣetra sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily locates and praises Saṃgameśvara.