Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवीमेकल्लवीरिकाम् । एकल्लवीरायाम्ये तु नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिताम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devīmekallavīrikām | ekallavīrāyāmye tu nātidūre vyavasthitām

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า “แล้วต่อไป ข้าแต่มหาเทวี พึงไปยังเทวีเอกัลลวีริกา ซึ่งตั้งอยู่ไม่ไกล ทางทิศใต้ของเอกัลลวีรา”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकल्लवीरिकाम्: Ekallavīrikā (name of the goddess)
• एकल्लवीरिकाम्: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकल्लवीरिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); देवीम् इति पदस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• एकल्लवीरायाम्ये: in the southern direction/region of Ekallavīra
• एकल्लवीरायाम्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकल्लवीर + आयाम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) (देश/प्रदेशे)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Discourse marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• नातिदूरे: not very far
• नातिदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नातिदूर (प्रातिपदिक; न + अति + दूर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• व्यवस्थिताम्: situated
• व्यवस्थिताम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्था (धातु: स्था with वि+अव+; कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); देवीम्/एकल्लवीरिकाम् इति पदयोः विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekallavīrikā (near Ekallavīrā)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the next shrine: a directional gesture toward the south; a pilgrim path linking two goddess temples amid coastal groves.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Ekallavīrikā Devī
• Ekallavīrā (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is undertaken with mindful guidance—moving from shrine to shrine as a disciplined spiritual itinerary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine of Ekallavīrikā Devī, located south of the place called Ekallavīrā within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescription of movement/pilgrimage (gacchet—‘one should go’); no specific dāna, snāna, or japa is stated in this verse.