Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि स्थानं शृंगसरोऽभिधम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sthānaṃ śṛṃgasaro'bhidham

Translation

ஈஸ்வரன் உரைத்தான்—அதன்பின், ஓ மகாதேவி, ‘சிருங்க-சரஸ்’ எனப் புகழ்பெற்ற புனிதத் தலத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: कर्ता (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: क्रिया (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• स्थानम्: to the place
• स्थानम्: कर्म (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• शृङ्गसरः: (called) Śṛṅga-saras
• शृङ्गसरः: कर्म (Apposition to ‘स्थानम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘शृङ्ग-सरस्’ नामकं स्थानम्

• अभिधम्: named/called
• अभिधम्: कर्मविशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘स्थानम्’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śṛṅga-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara, serene and instructive, points the way as Devī listens; the landscape opens toward a sacred lake named Śṛṅga-saras within the coastal Prabhāsa terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Śṛṅga-saras (Śṛṅgasaraḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text continues the pilgrim’s itinerary, presenting movement through sacred sites as a dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred place called Śṛṅga-saras (Śṛṅga Lake) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive to go to the site; details of rites are expected in subsequent verses.