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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लकुलीशं महाप्रभम् । तस्य पश्चिमदिग्भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham | tasya paścimadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam

Translation

ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—ஹே மகாதேவி, அதன் பின் மகாபிரபுவான லகுலீசரைத் தரிசிக்கச் செல்ல வேண்டும். அவர் மேற்குத் திசைப் பகுதியில் ஏழு வில் தூரத்தில் நிலைத்துள்ளார்.

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said’
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देश/कालवाचक) — adverb ‘then/from there’
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should go’
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative singular; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)
लकुलीशम्Lakulīśa
लकुलीशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलकुलीश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular
महाप्रभम्the great lord, very splendid
महाप्रभम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषणम् (लकुलीशम्)
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular
पश्चिमदिग्भागेin the western part/direction
पश्चिमदिग्भागे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular; तत्पुरुषः (पश्चिमायाः दिशः भागः)
धनुषाम्of bows (as a measure)
धनुषाम्:
Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural
सप्तकेat a distance of seven (bows)
सप्तके:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular
स्थितम्situated, standing
स्थितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक) कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally; विशेषणम् (लकुलीशम्)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakulīśa-sthāna (within Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī, pointing toward the western quarter of Prabhāsa; a shrine of Lakulīśa stands at a measured distance, with pilgrims preparing to walk the route.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara
M
Mahādevī
L
Lakulīśa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

Pilgrimage is mapped as a disciplined journey: moving from shrine to shrine in sacred geography under scriptural guidance.

Lakulīśa’s sacred site within Prabhāsakṣetra, located toward the western quarter.

A yātrā instruction: proceed to Lakulīśa, with directional and distance guidance (seven dhanuṣ).

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