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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि अनंगेश्वरमुत्तमम् । रत्नेश्वरादग्रतःस्थं धनुषान्तरमास्थितम्

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi anaṃgeśvaramuttamam | ratneśvarādagrataḥsthaṃ dhanuṣāntaramāsthitam

อีศวรตรัสว่า: ต่อจากนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังอนังคีศวรอันประเสริฐ ซึ่งตั้งอยู่เบื้องหน้ารัตเนศวร ห่างออกไปเพียงระยะยิงธนูหนึ่งครั้ง

ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरं (then/thereafter)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
अनंगेश्वरम्to Anaṅgeśvara
अनंगेश्वरम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('lord of Ananga/Kāmadeva'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
उत्तमम्excellent/supreme
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अनंगेश्वरम्)
रत्नेश्वरात्from Ratneśvara
रत्नेश्वरात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
अग्रतःस्थम्standing in front
अग्रतःस्थम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय) + स्थ (कृदन्त; स्था धातोः)
Formअव्ययीभाव (adverb + participle: 'standing in front'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अनंगेश्वरम्)
धनुषान्तरम्a bow-shot (distance)
धनुषान्तरम्:
Karman (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (measure: 'a bow-shot distance'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक
आस्थितम्situated
आस्थितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-स्था (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (situated/located)

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha: Anaṅgeśvara

Type: temple

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Scene: Śiva instructs the Goddess on pilgrimage: a map-like scene showing Ratneśvara shrine and, a short bowshot ahead, Anaṅgeśvara; pilgrims walking with offerings along a coastal/kshetra path.

Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
A
Anaṅgeśvara
R
Ratneśvara

FAQs

Pilgrimage is mapped as a sacred journey: moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dhārmic practice.

Anaṅgeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, described in relation to Ratneśvara.

A pilgrimage instruction: ‘go’ (gacchet) to Anaṅgeśvara; the verse provides spatial guidance.