Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शाकल्येश्वरमुत्तमम् । दैत्यसूदनवायव्ये धनुषां त्रिंशता स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śākalyeśvaramuttamam | daityasūdanavāyavye dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā sthitam

Translation

Īśvara bersabda: Kemudian, wahai Mahādevī, hendaklah pergi ke Śākalyeśvara yang unggul, terletak tiga puluh panjang busur di arah barat laut dari Daityasūdana.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: महा + देवी

• शाकल्येश्वरम्: Śākalyeśvara (a form of Śiva)
• शाकल्येश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकल्य + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शाकल्यस्य ईश्वरः)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to शाकल्येश्वरम्)

• दैत्यसूदनवायव्ये: in the north-west (quarter) of Daityasūdana
• दैत्यसूदनवायव्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैत्यसूदन + वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: दैत्यसूदनस्य वायव्यः (north-west of Daityasūdana)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• त्रिंशता: by thirty
• त्रिंशता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (by thirty)

• स्थितम्: situated/located
• स्थितम्: Kriya (Descriptive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; (here agreeing with implied 'स्थानम्/लिङ्गम्')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī like a divine guidebook narrator; a stylized map of Prabhāsa with two shrines: Daityasūdana and, to the northwest, Śākalyeśvara; pilgrims walking with waterpots and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Śākalyeśvara
• Daityasūdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage in the Purāṇas is mapped as a sacred itinerary, where moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śākalyeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, located relative to the Daityasūdana shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: proceed to Śākalyeśvara following the described direction and distance.