Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्यैव दक्षिणे भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । शंखचक्रगदाधारी माधवस्तत्र संस्थितः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam | śaṃkhacakragadādhārī mādhavastatra saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า: ณ เบื้องทิศใต้ของสถานที่นั้นเอง ไม่ไกลนัก พระมาธวะผู้ทรงสังข์ จักร และคทา ประดิษฐานอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that (place)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic/only)

• दक्षिणे: in the southern
• दक्षिणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘भागे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• नातिदूरे: not very far (away)
• नातिदूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न + अति-दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘व्यवस्थितम्’ इत्यस्य अधिकरणवाचक

• व्यवस्थितम्: situated, located
• व्यवस्थितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘(किञ्चित्) स्थानम्’ इत्यध्याहृतस्य विशेषणम्

• शंखचक्रगदाधारी: bearing conch, discus, and mace
• शंखचक्रगदाधारी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंख-चक्र-गदा-धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; बहुपदार्थसमाहारः; ‘माधवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• माधवः: Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• माधवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• संस्थितः: standing/established
• संस्थितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘माधवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mādhava-sthāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim path within Prabhāsa opens to a shrine where Mādhava stands radiant, holding conch, discus, and mace; the southern direction is indicated by landscape cues and procession flow.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Mādhava
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Gadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are mapped as living divine landscapes, where proximity to specific deities forms part of the pilgrimage’s spiritual itinerary.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A Mādhava (Viṣṇu) presence/shrine in the Prabhāsakṣetra sacred geography, described as south of the previously mentioned spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it establishes the location and form of the deity for pilgrimage and darśana.