Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

नैरृत्यां चंडनादस्तु वायव्यां भैरवाननः । नन्दी चैव महाकालो दण्डपाणिर्विनायकः

Transliteration

nairṛtyāṃ caṃḍanādastu vāyavyāṃ bhairavānanaḥ | nandī caiva mahākālo daṇḍapāṇirvināyakaḥ

Translation

Di arah barat daya ialah Caṇḍanāda; di arah barat laut ialah Bhairavānana. Dan ada pula Nandī, Mahākāla, Daṇḍapāṇi serta Vināyaka.

Word by Word

• nairṛtyām: in the southwest
• nairṛtyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nairṛtī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक (in the southwest)

• caṃḍa-nādaḥ: Caṇḍanāda (fierce-sounding, name)
• caṃḍa-nādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (चण्डः नादः यस्य)

• tu: indeed / and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• vāyavyām: in the northwest
• vāyavyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक (in the northwest)

• bhairava-ānanaḥ: Bhairavānana (Bhairava-faced, name)
• bhairava-ānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (भैरवम् आननं यस्य)

• nandī: Nandī
• nandī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• mahā-kālaḥ: Mahākāla
• mahā-kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् कालः)

• daṇḍa-pāṇiḥ: Daṇḍapāṇi
• daṇḍa-pāṇiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• vināyakaḥ: Vināyaka
• vināyakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prabhāsa-kṣetrasya dikṣu kṣetrapālāḥ sthitāḥ—nairṛtye Caṇḍanādaḥ, vāyavye Bhairavānanaḥ; madhye Nandī, Mahākāla, Daṇḍapāṇi, Vināyaka—śūla, daṇḍa, kapāla, ghaṇṭā-ādi āyudhāni; kṣetra-paridhiṃ rakṣanti.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍanāda
• Bhairavānana
• Nandī
• Mahākāla
• Daṇḍapāṇi
• Vināyaka
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s sacred realm is upheld by well-known attendants and fearsome guardians, inspiring reverence and inner purity in pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, mapped through guardians placed in the directional quarters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the directional listing and names of principal Śaiva attendants.