Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तत्रैवोपरिसंस्थितम् । सरस्वत्यास्तटे देवि पर्णादित्यस्य पश्चिमे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tatraivoparisaṃsthitam | sarasvatyāstaṭe devi parṇādityasya paścime

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า “แล้วแต่จากนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ที่ตั้งอยู่ใกล้/เบื้องบน ณ ที่นั้นเอง—บนฝั่งแม่น้ำสรัสวตี โอ้เทวี ทางทิศตะวันตกของปรณาทิตย์ยะ”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Anukrama (Temporal/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादान/क्रमसूचक-अर्थे (thereupon/then)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriyā (Injunctive instruction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Optative, 3rd person singular

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (महती देवी); स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Feminine, Vocative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• उपरिसंस्थितम्: situated above/over there
• उपरिसंस्थितम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय) + सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (सम्+स्था → संस्थित); नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचनम्; here as कर्म-विशेषणम् (object-complement) to an implied ‘place/thing’

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Feminine, Genitive singular

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Locative singular

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Feminine, Vocative singular

• पर्णादित्यस्य: of Parṇāditya
• पर्णादित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (पर्ण-आदित्य इति संज्ञा); पुल्लिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Genitive singular

• पश्चिमे: to the west (on the western side)
• पश्चिमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Locative singular (directional)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmeśvara vicinity on Sarasvatī-taṭa (west of Parṇāditya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward a riverbank landscape: Sarasvatī flowing, a shrine area slightly elevated, and a distant marker-temple of Parṇāditya to the east; pilgrims traverse sandy-coastal terrain with sacred groves.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mahādevī
• Sarasvatī River
• Parṇāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya guides pilgrims through a sanctified landscape, where direction and proximity to shrines form part of devotional discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A site on the Sarasvatī’s bank in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, located west of Parṇāditya (the next shrine is introduced but not named in this snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive to proceed (gacchet) to the indicated location; ritual details are not yet stated in this opening verse.