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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तत्पूर्वे विमलेश्वरम् । गौर्याः पूर्वं समीपस्थं नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tatpūrve vimaleśvaram | gauryāḥ pūrvaṃ samīpasthaṃ nātidūre vyavasthitam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ മഹാദേവി, ആ സ്ഥലത്തിന്റെ കിഴക്കുള്ള വിമലേശ്വരനിലേക്കു പോകണം. അദ്ദേഹം ഗൗരിയുടെ കിഴക്കായി, സമീപത്തുതന്നെ, അധികദൂരമല്ല.

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समास: महा + देवी
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
पूर्वेin the east (to the east)
पूर्वे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
विमलेश्वरम्Vimaleśvara (name of Śiva/linga)
विमलेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविमल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समास: विमल-ईश्वर (विमलः ईश्वरः)
गौर्याःof Gaurī
गौर्याः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
पूर्वम्to the east; eastward
पूर्वम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्वम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; दिशावाचक/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of direction)
समीपस्थम्situated nearby
समीपस्थम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमीप + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समास: समीपे स्थितः (near-situated)
नnot
न:
Kriya-visheshana (Modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
अतिदूरेat a very far distance
अतिदूरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअतिदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे स्थानवाचक
व्यवस्थितम्situated; established
व्यवस्थितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थक
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī/Gaurī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī; behind them a stylized map-like vista shows the Gaurī shrine and, to its east, the Vimaleśvara temple, connected by a short path with pilgrims.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
D
Devī
V
Vimaleśvara
G
Gaurī
P
Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

Pilgrimage is taught as a guided movement through a sacred landscape where each shrine is meaningfully placed.

Vimaleśvara, described with directional markers near the Gaurī shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra.

A prescribed pilgrimage step: proceed to Vimaleśvara (a specific next shrine in the kṣetra sequence).

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