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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि पर्णादित्यं सुरेश्वरम् । प्राचीसरस्वतीकूले तटे चोत्तरतः स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi parṇādityaṃ sureśvaram | prācīsarasvatīkūle taṭe cottarataḥ sthitam

Translation

Īśvara bersabda: “Kemudian, wahai Dewi Agung, hendaklah seseorang pergi kepada Parṇāditya, tuan di antara para dewa, yang bersemayam di tebing utara Sungai Sarasvatī yang mengalir ke arah timur.”

Word by Word
īśvaraḥĪśvara (the Lord)
īśvaraḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन = masculine nominative singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = said
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन = should go
mahādeviO Mahādevī
mahādevi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन; कर्मधारय = vocative ‘O great goddess/lady’
parṇādityamParṇāditya (name of a deity)
parṇādityam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नामधेय) = accusative sg (object of ‘go’)
sureśvaramlord of the gods
sureśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = accusative sg, apposition to parṇādityam
prācī-sarasvatī-kūleon the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī
prācī-sarasvatī-kūle:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprācī (प्रातिपदिक) + sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + kūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास = locative sg ‘on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī’
taṭeon the bank
taṭe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन = locative singular ‘on the bank’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = and
uttarataḥto the north
uttarataḥ:
Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuttaratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (दिक्/देशवाचक) = adverb ‘to the north/northwards’
sthitamsituated
sthitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन; PPP qualifying parṇādityam = ‘situated’
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Parṇāditya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs Devī, pointing toward a riverbank where a small Aditya shrine stands amid sacred trees (parṇa foliage); the Sarasvatī flows eastward; pilgrims move along the northern bank toward the sun-temple.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
P
Parṇāditya
S
Sarasvatī (river)

FAQs

Pilgrimage is mapped as a dharmic journey: one is guided from tīrtha to tīrtha toward increasingly potent divine encounters.

Parṇāditya—identified as a sacred Sun-shrine/tīrtha on the northern bank of the Prācī Sarasvatī.

Gamana/visitation: the instruction is to proceed to Parṇāditya as part of the tīrtha-yātrā.

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