Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि पुष्करेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तस्यैव दक्षिणे भागे जानकीश्वरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkareśvaramuttamam | tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge jānakīśvaramuttamam

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า “แล้วต่อไป โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังปุษกาเรศวรอันประเสริฐ และทางด้านทิศใต้ของที่นั้นมีชานกีศวรอันเป็นมงคลยิ่ง”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अपादानार्थे

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महा देवी)

• पुष्करेश्वरम्: Puṣkareśvara (Lord of Puṣkara)
• पुष्करेश्वरम्: Karma (object of going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुष्करस्य ईश्वरः)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं (पुष्करेश्वरम्/जानकीश्वरम्)

• तस्य: of it/of that (place)
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अवधारणार्थक

• दक्षिणे: on the southern
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणं (भागे)

• भागे: in the part/region
• भागे: Adhikarana (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जानकीश्वरम्: Jānakīśvara (Lord of Jānakī)
• जानकीश्वरम्: Karma (object of going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानकी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जानक्याः ईश्वरः)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं (जानकीश्वरम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara; Jānakīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī on a pilgrimage map: two nearby shrines are shown, Puṣkareśvara central and Jānakīśvara to the south, with devotees walking a short path between them.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Puṣkareśvara
• Jānakīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by tīrtha-yātrā performed with reverence—moving from one sanctified Śiva-site to the next as instructed by scripture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkareśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, along with the nearby shrine/linga Jānakīśvara to its south.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Puṣkareśvara (and then to Jānakīśvara).