Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि नारायणगृहं परम् । गोष्पदाद्दक्षिणे भागे सागरस्य तटे शुभे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi nārāyaṇagṛhaṃ param | goṣpadāddakṣiṇe bhāge sāgarasya taṭe śubhe

Translation

ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు, ఓ మహాదేవీ, గోష్పదానికి దక్షిణ భాగంలో, సముద్రపు శుభ తీరంపై ఉన్న ‘నారాయణగృహం’ అనే పరమ ధామానికి వెళ్లవలెను.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (adverb: then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: क्रिया (Injunctive/should)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• नारायणगृहम्: the house/temple of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणगृहम्: कर्म (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme/excellent
• परम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नारायणगृहम्)

• गोष्पदात्: from Goṣpada (tīrtha)
• गोष्पदात्: अपादान (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• दक्षिणे: on the southern
• दक्षिणे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भागे)

• भागे: in the part/region
• भागे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सागरस्य: of the ocean
• सागरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तटे: on the shore/bank
• तटे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तटे)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (Nārāyaṇa’s House)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī, pointing toward a luminous Viṣṇu shrine by the sea; the pilgrim path curves from an inland tīrtha to the southern shoreline; waves glint under auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Nārāyaṇagṛha
• Goṣpada Tīrtha
• Sāgara (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is mapped as a guided movement from one tīrtha to another; sacred geography itself becomes a dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nārāyaṇagṛha, described as south of Goṣpada Tīrtha on the ocean shore in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: one should proceed to Nārāyaṇagṛha from Goṣpada.