Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तस्माद्दक्षिणतः स्थितम् । भार्गवेश्वरनामानं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tasmāddakṣiṇataḥ sthitam | bhārgaveśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า “แล้วแต่จากนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังเทวสถานที่อยู่ทางทิศใต้จากที่นั้น มีนามว่า ภารคเวศวร ผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/from there)

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

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

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• दक्षिणतः: to the south (of it)
• दक्षिणतः: Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दक्षिणतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिक्प्रदर्शक क्रियाविशेषण (directional adverb: to the south/right)

• स्थितम्: situated (one)
• स्थितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गम्/स्थानम्) स्थितम्’ इत्यर्थे

• भार्गवेश्वरनामानम्: (the shrine) named Bhārgaveśvara
• भार्गवेश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव-ईश्वर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; भार्गव + ईश्वर + नामन्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भार्गवस्य ईश्वरः) + ‘नामानम्’ (named)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārgaveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī on pilgrimage direction: a map-like sacred landscape with a prominent liṅga shrine labeled Bhārgaveśvara to the south; devotees walking with water-pots and flower baskets.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Bhārgaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with reverence to Śiva’s tīrthas is presented as a means of inner purification and the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhārgaveśvara, a Śiva-liṅga/shrine located to the south within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directional pilgrimage instruction is given: one should proceed to the southern shrine; no specific ritual items are detailed in this verse.