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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि विनायकमनुत्तमम् । चतुर्मुखेति विख्यातं चण्डीशादुत्तरे स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi vināyakamanuttamam | caturmukheti vikhyātaṃ caṇḍīśāduttare sthitam

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า: ต่อจากนั้น ข้าแต่มหาเทวี พึงไปยังพระวินายกผู้ยอดยิ่ง ผู้เลื่องนามว่า ‘จตุรมุขะ’ ประทับอยู่ทางทิศเหนือแห่งพระจัณฑีศะ

Word by Word
īśvaraḥĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
īśvaraḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)
gacchetone should go
gacchet:
Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
mahādeviO great goddess
mahādevi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः
vināyakamto Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
vināyakam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvināyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
anuttamamunsurpassed, supreme
anuttamam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषसमासः; vināyakam इति विशेषण
caturmukhaCaturmukha (Four-faced)
caturmukha:
Samjna (Apposition/name/संज्ञा)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (context: नामरूपेण); द्विगुसमासः (four-faced)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-प्रयोगः (quotative)
vikhyātamwell-known (as)
vikhyātam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-khyā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; caturmukhaṃ/नाम इति विशेषण
caṇḍīśātto the north of Caṇḍīśa (from Caṇḍīśa)
caṇḍīśāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootcaṇḍīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
uttarein the northern (side)
uttare:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक; sthitam इति विशेषण
sthitamsituated
sthitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; vināyakam इति विशेषण
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on the next stop in the pilgrimage: the four-faced Vināyaka shrine standing north of Caṇḍīśa, with pilgrims moving along a sacred path.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī (Pārvatī)
V
Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
C
Caturmukha Vināyaka
C
Caṇḍīśa

FAQs

The māhātmya frames pilgrimage as guided sacred geography—approaching Vināyaka as an ideal beginning for removing obstacles in dharmic pursuits.

The shrine of Caturmukha Vināyaka in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, located north of Caṇḍīśa.

A directed visit (gacchet) to the Caturmukha Vināyaka shrine as part of the Prabhāsa pilgrimage sequence.

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