Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सम्यक्चतुर्दशायतनं प्रिये । विघ्नेश्वरं समारभ्य यावत्केतुप्रतिष्ठितम्

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ samyakcaturdaśāyatanaṃ priye | vighneśvaraṃ samārabhya yāvatketupratiṣṭhitam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ പ്രിയേ, പതിനാലു ആയതനങ്ങളുടെ വിവരണം നിനക്കു ശരിയായി പറഞ്ഞു—വിഘ്നേശ്വരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ആരംഭിച്ച് കേതു പ്രതിഷ്ഠിത സ്ഥാനത്തോളം.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (indeclinable; quotative/thus)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी? एकवचन; यहाँ चतुर्थी एकवचन (to you) (Pronoun; Dative 4th, Singular)

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कथितम्’ = ‘has been told’

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• चतुर्दशायतनम्: the fourteen abodes/shrines
• चतुर्दशायतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यापूर्वपद); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• विघ्नेश्वरम्: Vighneśvara (Lord of obstacles)
• विघ्नेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समारभ्य: starting from
• समारभ्य: Apadana/Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + रभ् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having begun/starting from’

• यावत्: up to
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिसूचक (up to/as far as)

• केतुप्रतिष्ठितम्: (ending) with Ketu-established (shrine)
• केतुप्रतिष्ठितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिष्ठित (स्था धातु + प्रति + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘केतु-प्रतिष्ठित’ = ‘established at/with Ketu’ (qualifying the series/āyatana)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice addressing a Devī as 'priye')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturdaśāyatana (Fourteen sanctuaries) of Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet sacred ‘map’ of Prabhāsa showing fourteen shrines connected by a pilgrim path; first shrine marked Vighneśvara, last marked Ketu; pilgrims move in an orderly line.

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśvara
• Ketu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is structured: sacred geography is taught as a disciplined sequence of darśanas culminating in graha-śānti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through its caturdaśāyatana (fourteen-shrine) circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following the shrine-sequence beginning with Vighneśvara and ending at Ketu’s installation.