Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आश्रमादुत्तरात्तस्माद्दिव्यां दिशमथो त्तराम् । सुभद्रापि महाभागा तस्य या परिचारिका

Transliteration

āśramāduttarāttasmāddivyāṃ diśamatho ttarām | subhadrāpi mahābhāgā tasya yā paricārikā

Translation

ସେଇ ଆଶ୍ରମର ଉତ୍ତର ପାର୍ଶ୍ୱରୁ ସେ ଦିବ୍ୟ ଉତ୍ତର ଦିଗକୁ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେଲେ; ତାଙ୍କର ପରିଚାରିକା ମହାଭାଗା ସୁଭଦ୍ରା ମଧ୍ୟ ସହିତ ଚାଲିଲେ।

Word by Word

• āśramāt: from the hermitage
• āśramāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानम् (ablative)

• uttarāt: northern
• uttarāt: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; āśramāt इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अपादानम्

• divyām: divine
• divyām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; diśam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of implied motion)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle)

• uttarām: northern
• uttarām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; diśam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• subhadrā: Subhadrā
• subhadrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: subhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also)

• mahābhāgā: very fortunate
• mahābhāgā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; subhadrā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• yā: who
• yā: Visheshana (Relative pronoun/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम; paricārikā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• paricārikā: attendant (female servant)
• paricārikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paricārikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्/सम्बन्धवाचक (appositive to yā)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration context from 32.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hermitage at the edge of Prabhāsa; the sage prepares to depart north; Subhadrā, auspicious and devoted, follows as attendant, turning toward the luminous northern horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Āśrama
• Uttarā diś (northern direction)
• Subhadrā
• Muni (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred narratives often mark spiritual transitions through directions—movement is shown as guided by divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its āśrama landscape, mapped with directional sanctity within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a narrative-geographic setup indicating a divinely oriented movement.