Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथ क्षेत्रस्य परिधिस्थानं मधुमतीति च । तस्मान्नैरृत्यदिग्भागे स्थानं खंडघटेति च

Transliteration

atha kṣetrasya paridhisthānaṃ madhumatīti ca | tasmānnairṛtyadigbhāge sthānaṃ khaṃḍaghaṭeti ca

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ പരിധി-സീമസ്ഥാനത്തിന് ‘മധുമതീ’ എന്ന പേരും പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്. അവിടെ നിന്ന് നൈഋത്യ (തെക്ക്-പടിഞ്ഞാറ്) ദിശയിൽ ‘ഖണ്ഡഘട’ എന്ന സ്ഥലവും ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Textual connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred field (kṣetra)
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• परिधिस्थानम्: the boundary-location
• परिधिस्थानम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—परिधेः स्थानम् (a boundary-place)

• मधुमती: (named) Madhumatī
• मधुमती: Karta (Predicate name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Ablative: 'from that')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: in the south-western quarter
• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत्य + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (भाग), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; समासः—नैरृत्यायाः दिशः भागः (in the south-western direction-part)

• स्थानम्: a place
• स्थानम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• खण्डघटा: (named) Khaṇḍaghaṭā
• खण्डघटा: Karta (Predicate name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खण्डघटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhumatī (paridhi-sthāna) and Khaṇḍaghaṭa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-guide scene: the sacred coastal kṣetra is shown as a mapped landscape with a boundary-station named Madhumatī; a path turns to the south-west toward a named ghāṭa/landing called Khaṇḍaghaṭa, with directional markers and sea breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Madhumatī
• Khaṇḍaghaṭa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is defined with named boundaries; knowing the kṣetra’s limits is part of honoring and correctly traversing the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boundary locale Madhumatī and the south-western site Khaṇḍaghaṭa within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse provides pilgrimage-cartography (paridhi-sthāna and directional location).