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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि दुन्नाविल्लेति विश्रुतम् । योजनस्यांतरे देवि पश्चिमे मंगलस्थितेः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi dunnāvilleti viśrutam | yojanasyāṃtare devi paścime maṃgalasthiteḥ

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവീ, തുടർന്ന് ‘ദുന്നാവില്ല’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് പോകുക. ഹേ ദേവി, അത് മംഗലസ്ഥിതിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു യോജന ദൂരത്തിൽ പടിഞ്ഞാറായി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
ततःthen/from there
ततः:
Apādāna/Sequence (Source/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from there/then)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriyā (Injunction/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — optative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (महती देवी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular
दुन्नाविल्लto (the place called) Dunnāvilla
दुन्नाविल्ल:
Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्नाविल्ल (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
Formअव्युत्पन्न-स्थाननाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular (as destination)
इतिthus/called
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
विश्रुतम्well-known
विश्रुतम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि+श्रु (धातु) → विश्रुत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — past passive participle; neuter nom/acc sg
योजनस्यof a yojana
योजनस्य:
Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular
अन्तरेwithin/at a distance of
अन्तरे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular
पश्चिमेin the west
पश्चिमे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular (in the west)
मङ्गलस्थितेःof Maṅgalasthiti (place/person named)
मङ्गलस्थितेः:
Sambandha (Reference point/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल + स्थिति (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मङ्गलस्य स्थितिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dunnāville (Dunnā-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a westward pilgrimage step: a sacred landscape with a marked path, distant shrines, and the sun lowering toward the western horizon.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (Īśvara)
D
Devī
D
Dunnāville
M
Maṅgalasthitī
Y
yojana

FAQs

Pilgrimage is practiced as disciplined movement through sanctified geography, guided by scriptural directions and place-memory.

The place known as Dunnāville, situated west of Maṅgalasthitī in the Prabhāsa pilgrimage circuit.

A travel injunction is given—“one should go” to the site—functioning as a pilgrimage directive rather than a ritual act.

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