Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेद्वरारोहे लिंगं सूर्यप्रतिष्ठितम् । सोमेशात्पश्चिमे भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम् । आदित्येश्वरनामानं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchedvarārohe liṃgaṃ sūryapratiṣṭhitam | someśātpaścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam | ādityeśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Wika ni Īśvara: Pagkaraan nito, O babaeng may marikit na balakang, dapat kang tumungo sa liṅga na itinatag ng Araw; ito’y nasa kanluran ng Someśa, sa layong pitong dhanuṣ, at tinatawag na Ādityeśvara, ang tagapuksa ng lahat ng kasalanan.

Word by Word

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

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (temporal/sequence adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• vara-ārohe: O fair-hipped one
• vara-ārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āroha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sūrya-pratiṣṭhitam: established by the Sun
• sūrya-pratiṣṭhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• someśāt: from Someśa
• someśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• paścime: in the western
• paścime: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhāge: part; region
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dhanuṣām: of bows (as a measure)
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saptake: in the set of seven
• saptake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• āditya-īśvara-nāmānam: named ‘Ādityeśvara’
• āditya-īśvara-nāmānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, pointing out the route: from Someśa to the west stands Ādityeśvara. The liṅga bears solar motifs; pilgrims approach with water pots as the sun’s rays fall on the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (varārohā)
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Someśa
• Ādityeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is mapped as a living pilgrimage-route—visiting specific liṅgas like Ādityeśvara is taught as a means to destroy sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśvara liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, west of Someśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: go to the Sun-established Ādityeśvara liṅga at the stated location; the visit is praised as sin-destroying.