Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि चण्डीशं देवमुत्तमम् । सोमेशादीशदिग्भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi caṇḍīśaṃ devamuttamam | someśādīśadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവീ! തുടർന്ന് ഉത്തമദേവനായ ചണ്ഡീശനെ സമീപിക്കണം; സോമേശനിൽ നിന്ന് ഈശാന (വടക്കുകിഴക്ക്) ദിശയിൽ ഏഴ് ധനുസ്സിന്റെ അകലത്തിൽ അവൻ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय

• caṇḍīśam: Caṇḍīśa
• caṇḍīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent/supreme
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (superlative sense)

• someśa: of Someśa
• someśa: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन (in compound relation)

• ādīśa: of Ādīśa
• ādīśa: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन (in compound relation)

• digbhāge: in the direction/sector
• digbhāge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dik + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (diśāṃ bhāgaḥ)

• dhanuṣām: of bows
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन

• saptake: at a distance of seven (bows)
• saptake: Adhikaraṇa (Measure-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Participial qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; ‘स्थितम्’ qualifying caṇḍīśam

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍīśa (Caṇḍeśvara) near Someśa in Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward the north-east; a pilgrim path leads from Someśa shrine to Caṇḍīśa, marked by a short measured distance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Mahādevī
• Caṇḍīśa
• Someśa
• Īśāna direction (north-east)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra is approached through an ordered sacred itinerary; moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic discipline of pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the shrine of Caṇḍīśa located near Someśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is a yātrā-vidhi element: proceed to Caṇḍīśa as part of the prescribed pilgrimage sequence.