Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि पश्चिमे नारदेश्वरीम् । नारदेश्वरसांनिध्ये सर्वदौर्भाग्यनाशनीम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi paścime nāradeśvarīm | nāradeśvarasāṃnidhye sarvadaurbhāgyanāśanīm

Translation

ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను—తదనంతరం, ఓ మహాదేవీ, పశ్చిమదిశగా నారదేశ్వరీ వద్దకు వెళ్లవలెను. నారదేశ్వర సాన్నిధ్యంలో ఆమె సమస్త దౌర్భాగ్యాలను నశింపజేస్తుంది.

Word by Word

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

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक (then/thereafter)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• पश्चिमे: to the west / in the western (direction)
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द

• नारदेश्वरीम्: Nāradeśvarī
• नारदेश्वरीम्: Karma (Object/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘नारदस्य ईश्वरी’

• नारदेश्वरसांनिध्ये: in the vicinity of Nāradeśvara
• नारदेश्वरसांनिध्ये: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + ईश्वर + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘नारदेश्वरस्य सान्निध्यम्’

• सर्वदौर्भाग्यनाशनीम्: destroyer of all misfortune
• सर्वदौर्भाग्यनाशनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + दौर्भाग्य + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘सर्वस्य दौर्भाग्यस्य नाशिनी’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradeśvarī (near Nāradeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route; in the background a coastal western landscape with a small shrine of Nāradeśvarī near Nāradeśvara. The scene conveys guidance and auspicious transition from one sacred stop to the next.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Nāradeśvarī
• Nāradeśvara
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to the rightly-situated Devī-Śiva presence is portrayed as a remover of inauspicious karma and life-obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradeśvarī near Nāradeśvara, located westward within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is primarily devotional pilgrimage—‘go’ to the shrine and seek the sāṃnidhya (holy proximity) of the deity.